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The # will always be the first character shown and it will be followed by the name of the particular error. Common ones could be:

#REF!

#VALUE!

#NUM!

If you see the # repeated, it indicates that the cell is not wide enough to show the value in the cell. It is not necessarily an error.

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A green triangle in the upper left corner of the cell

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Nothing is placed in the cell next to the cell. Within the cell you may see an error which will always start with the # symbol, such as #REF! or #VALUE! You may also see a small triangle in the top right corner of the left corner of the cell, or an icon appearing beside the cell, but not in the cell next to it.

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It will depend on the error. Sometimes it won't let you enter the formula until you fix the error. In those situations it may also offer you a corrected version, usually when it is an obvious error, something like a bracket is missing. Other times you may get an error message displayed in the cell. This is normally short and starts with a # and ends with the ! symbol. Which one you get will depend on the nature of the error. Some of the common ones are below:

#Num!

#Div/0!

#Ref!

#Value!

#N/A!

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The trace error button.

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