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Even after formatting cells as numbers their sum adds up to zero. How to correct this anomaly?

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I'm assuming that zero is the incorrect answer? Can you please post an example with screen shot? Please include the calculation that is being used.

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Cannot post a screen shot since I am not carrying my laptop in which I use Excel 2007. If two number formatted cells contain numbers say 25 and 40, their addition in a third cell returns zero and not 65.

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Again, we can't offer any solution or explanation without seeing the source. Imagine if you'd said "When I add 25 and 40 in Python I get a result of zero but I can't show you the code.

Can you post the spreadsheet file so I can load it up locally?

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I can try that after a few days when I have access to my laptop.

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