When you see a cell full of number signs (#########) it means the cell is not wide enough to display all the content in that cell. Make the column wider to display all the content of the cell. If you like, you can click on the letter at the top of the column and select column auto width to ensure all cells are wide enough to display their contents.
There are many signs used in Excel. Three of them are the plus sign (+), the minus sign (-) and the multiplication sign (*).
The combined sign has no special meaning. Any formula in Excel starts with an equal sign. To refer to a cell, you can write, for example, =A1. This can also be written as =+A1. The "+" isn't really necessary in this case. Most likely, a user started the formula with a "+" (out of old habit, since that's what people used to do in older spreadsheet programs), and Excel added the equal sign, which is required in Excel, automatically.
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In Excel an equation can be a formula. All formulas in Excel must start with the equals sign. That is what tells Excel it is a formula.
All functions in Excel start with the = sign. So you may be mistaking that for two minus signs. A minus sign will have no impact on an TRIM function as it is a text function.All functions in Excel start with the = sign. So you may be mistaking that for two minus signs. A minus sign will have no impact on an TRIM function as it is a text function.All functions in Excel start with the = sign. So you may be mistaking that for two minus signs. A minus sign will have no impact on an TRIM function as it is a text function.All functions in Excel start with the = sign. So you may be mistaking that for two minus signs. A minus sign will have no impact on an TRIM function as it is a text function.All functions in Excel start with the = sign. So you may be mistaking that for two minus signs. A minus sign will have no impact on an TRIM function as it is a text function.All functions in Excel start with the = sign. So you may be mistaking that for two minus signs. A minus sign will have no impact on an TRIM function as it is a text function.All functions in Excel start with the = sign. So you may be mistaking that for two minus signs. A minus sign will have no impact on an TRIM function as it is a text function.All functions in Excel start with the = sign. So you may be mistaking that for two minus signs. A minus sign will have no impact on an TRIM function as it is a text function.All functions in Excel start with the = sign. So you may be mistaking that for two minus signs. A minus sign will have no impact on an TRIM function as it is a text function.All functions in Excel start with the = sign. So you may be mistaking that for two minus signs. A minus sign will have no impact on an TRIM function as it is a text function.All functions in Excel start with the = sign. So you may be mistaking that for two minus signs. A minus sign will have no impact on an TRIM function as it is a text function.
The equals sign.
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An equal sign because in order for the formula to go through correctly it has to have an (=)
the asterisk is used for what function when building a formula in excel
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All formulas must begin with the equals sign. That is how Excel knows it is a formula.
In Excel, you use the asterisk, "*". As to the name, I would just call it the "multiplication sign".