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Find cells that contain formulasSelect a cell, or a range of cells. If you select one cell, you search the whole worksheet. If you select a range, you search just that range.Click Home > Find & Select > Go To Special.Click Formulas, and if you need to, clear any of the check boxes below Formulas.

To copy the actual value instead of the formula from the cell to another worksheet or workbook, you can convert the formula in its cell to its value by doing the following: Press F2 to edit the cell. Press F9, and then press ENTER.

Follow these steps to evaluate a formula using the Evaluate Formula dialog box:Select the cell containing the formula and click the Evaluate Formula button on the Formulas tab of the Ribbon. The Evaluate Formula dialog box appears.Click the Evaluate button one or more times to evaluate each expression in the formula.

There are TRUE and FALSE functions in Excel as well. For instance, if you type =TRUE() into a cell, it will return the value TRUE. If you type =FALSE() it will return FALSE.

DescriptionSelect the cell that you want to evaluate.On the Formulas tab, in the Formula Auditing group, click Evaluate Formula.Click Evaluate to examine the value of the underlined reference.Continue until each part of the formula has been evaluated.To see the evaluation again, click Restart.

Check the references Most formulas use at least one cell reference. When you double-click a formula, it will highlight all of the referenced cells. You can then double-check each one to make sure they are correct.

To troubleshoot any Excel formula, follow these steps:Select an appropriate cell to evaluate from a column (don't select a range of cells or the complete column)Click the Formulas tab.Under Formula Auditing, click Evaluate Formula.