Re: Excel no longer allows entering formulas containing division "/" operator

You have a few replies to your question at the other spots you posted.

One was to check your windows regional settings for your numeric list separator
character.


SA wrote:
> 
> I am using Excel 2002 and Windows XP Pro.  Recently excel stopped
> allowing me to enter formulas containing the "/" operator.  So when I
> enter +3/4 or =3/4 I get an error.  If I enter 3 in A1 and 4 in B1,
> then try to enter the =A1/B1 or +A1/B1 I get an error.
> 
> If I open an existing spreadsheet that contains division formulas,
> they work fine, but if I try to enter a new formula in that
> spreadsheet I get the error "The formula you are trying to enter
> contains an error." for the new formula only.  So obviously there is a
> problem with excel's recognition of "/".  By the way all other
> operators "+", "-", "*", "^", etc, etc work just fine.
> 
> This problem occurs only in my user profile in Windows XP, I can
> easily enter the same division formulas when I do so under another
> user's account in widnows XP.
> 
> I tried "Detect and Error", removing and re-installing excel, removing
> 2002 and re-installing excel 2000, but I always have the same problem
> in my user account.(which I never had before until recently)
> 
> Recently I was trying some demo programs of various accounting
> software and I wonder if one of them changed my settings or left a
> library behind that is causing this problem.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Please reply to my email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> akbaris

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