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    stop automatic number format

    Hello,

    In cells A1, A2 and A3, I have three values formatted in percentage format. In cell B1, I type in a formula to calculate the average of the three, and it automatically gives the result in percentage format. I want this as a general number so I change it manually. The problem is that everytime I change the cell reference in the formula of B1, Excel automatically reverts back to the percentage format.

    How can I stop this from happening? Thanks.

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    Re: stop automatic number format

    Welcome to the forum.

    You can change the format to some other number format (anything other than General). Other than that, I don't know how to persuade Excel to stop this 'helpful' behavior.
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