Microsoft Excel Showing Formula Instead of Result

Microsoft OfficeI was doing some work with a client a while ago and encountered a problem with Excel where it was showing me the formula in a call, rather than the result of the formula. I have no idea if the spreadsheet was sent to me with the formulas set this way (I’m not sure if this is possible) or if I inadvertently hit the keyboard combination to enable the setting at some point (Alt + M and then Alt + H).

It took me longer than it should have done to revert Excel back, so I am posting this as a reminder should it happen again.

To switch this setting off, select the Formulas tab on the action pane and, under Formula Auditing, click Show Formulas, which will toggle the setting off (or on if it is currently off):

Excel example showing formulas and the Show Formulas button highlighted

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