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Converting formulas to values using Excel shortcuts Just follow the simple steps below: Select all the cells with formulas that you want to convert. Press Ctrl + C or Ctrl + Ins to copy formulas and their results to clipboard. Press Shift + F10 and then V to paste only values back to Excel cells.

Press F2 (or double-click the cell) to enter the editing mode. Select the formula in the cell using the mouse, and press Ctrl + C to copy it. Select the destination cell, and press Ctl+V. This will paste the formula exactly, without changing the cell references, because the formula was copied as text.

When you set the cell formatting to ?Text?, Excel treats the formula as text and shows it instead of evaluating it. To fix this error, just select the cell, set its formatting to ?General?. Now edit the formula and press enter. (Alternatively you can press F2 and then Enter after setting format to General).

Re: Formulas displaying as text If the cell is formatted as text, Excel will treat any formula entered into that cell as text, and will not perform the calculation. To change the cell format, select the cell(s), right-click, and choose "Format Cells". In the "Number" tab, select "General" or another number format.

Numerical and text data is entered into cells. Each cell can hold one value (numerical or text) or a formula that does an automatic calculation of a combination of other designated cells.

We often hear that you want to make data easier to understand by including text in your formulas, such as "2,347 units sold." To include text in your functions and formulas, surround the text with double quotes ("").

Method 2: Use a keyboard shortcut to convert formulas to text strings. Use the ALT+E+S keys to use the Paste Special option. On the Paste Special dialog box, click Values->OK.