Each of these special characters have used for different purpose in Excel.

What does text formula in excel. To display numbers in a more readable way or in a format that makes more sense for your users. You may have accidentally pressed CTRL back quote symbol the key below escape key. Value is the numerical value that we need to convert to text.

The TEXT function is used to convert a numeric value into a text string in a specified format. TEXT is available in all versions of Excel. Removes duplicate spaces and spaces at the start and end of a text string.

EXACT A1 UPPER A1 EXACT A1 LOWER A1 EXACT A1 PROPER A1. Here are the important symbols used in Excel Formulas. But in between the first name Roland and last name Watson there are two blank spaces.

So if those two text values are exactly the same then return TRUE. The following formulas return TRUE if the text in cell A1 is uppercase lowercase or proper case respectively. Then if you need to build other formulas always reference the original value and not the TEXT function.

You have formula viewing toggled on. If you fall into one of these buckets its a quick fix to get back to normal. It is the text string that contains the irregular spacing between the words.

For example if you want to pull the date from cell A2 and show it in another cell in the traditional date format like January 1. Regions are collections of cells. The top reason for Excel formula showing as text.