The tilde isn't the only sign you need to understand to truly get your head around Excel's inner workings. For example, the ...

The text trap: If you select numbers and the status bar stays blank (or only shows the Count), your numbers are formatted as text—and Excel can't sum words! This tells you that you should click the ...

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