Converting Formulas To Values Using Excel

How to convert all formulas to values in Excel?

Let’s say you apply a formula which refers cells to external files in Excel, and send the workbook to others. However, when the recipients open the workbook, the formula result displays as an error value. In this case, you’d better convert your formula to static value before sharing it. Here, this article introduces two solutions for you:

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NOTE: If you only need to convert one cell (or a few rather than many) formulas, you can double-click in a cell containing a formula and press F9 to convert that formula to a static value. If the result of a part of a formula will not change, but the results from rest of the formula will vary, you can convert part of the formula to a static. Just think this way, when you send a report to someone, they are not concerned with formulas but with the values, that a formula returns. From the starting days of my job, I have learned one thing hard. The idea is, simply replace a formula with its result value. So let me share with you 6-Quick Methods for this. If there are not too much cells need to be converted, the most efficient way is copy all the cells with formulas, and paste it with value option. Please check the reference in the article below: Replace a formula with its result. Regards, Alex Chen.

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Convert all formulas to values with Paste Special feature

You can use the Paste Special feature to convert all formulas to values easily in Excel. Please do as follows:

1. Select the formula cells you will change to values, and then press Ctrl + C keys together to copy them.

2. Right click the first cell in the selection, and then select Value under Paste Options in the right-clicking menu.

Now all formulas in the selection are converted to values in bulk.

Note: This method can change formulas to values in one selection at a time. If your formula cells are nonadjacent, you need to convert them one by one.

Convert all formulas to values with a handy tool

If you have Kutools for Excel installed, you can apply its To Actual feature to convert all formulas to values in bulk with only one click easily.

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Just select the formula cells you will change to values, and click Kutools > To Actual. Then all formulas in the selection are converted to values in bulk.

Note: If your formula cells are nonadjacent, you can select them one by one with holding the Ctrl key, and then click Kutools > To Actual.

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In this article, we will learn about how to use the CONVERT function in Excel.

The CONVERT function converts the value of one measurement to another measurement. For example, weight measurements like pounds to gallons, length measurements like meters to feet or temperature measurements like Degree Celsius to Fahrenheit, etc.

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Here are the types of measurements with their keywords which can be used to convert values.

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Weight

gramg
slugsg
Pound masslbm
Uu
ounce massozm
graingrain
U.S. hundredweightcwt or shweight
Imperial hundredweightuk_cwt or lcwt
stonestone
tonton
Imperial tonuk_ton or LTON
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Distance

Meterm
Statute milemi
Nautical milenmi
inchin
footft
yardyd
Angstromang
ellell
Light yearly
Parsecpc
picapica

Time

yearyr
dayday
hourhr
minutemn or min
secondsec or s

Pressure

Pascalpa
Atmosphereatm
mm of mercurymmHg
PSIpsi
TorrTorr

Force

NewtonN
Dynedyn
Pound forcelbf
Pondpond

Energy

JouleJ
Erge
Thermodynamic caloriec
IT caloriecal
Electron - volteV
Horsepower - hourHph
Watt - hourWh
Foot - poundflb
BTUBTU

Power

HorsepowerHP
PferdestärkePS
WattW

Temperature

Degree CelsiusC
Degree FahrenheitF
KelvinK
Degree RankineRank
Degree RéaumurReau

Liquid Measure

TeaspoonTsp
Modern Teaspoontspm
Cupcup
U.S. pintpt
U.K. pintuk_pt
Quartqt
Imperial quartuk_qt
Gallongal
Imperial gallonuk_gal
Litrel

Volume

Cubic angstromang3
U.S. oil barrelbarrel
U.S. bushelbushel
Cubic feetft3
Cubic inchin3
Cubic light-yearly3
Cubic meterm3
Cubic Milemi3
Cubic yardyd3
Cubic nautical milenmi3
Cubic Picapica3
Measurement ton (freight ton)MTON
Gross Registered TonGRT (regton)

Area

International acreuk_acre
statute acreus_acre
Square angstromand2
Arear
Square feetft2
Hectareha
Square inchesin2
Square light-yearly2
Square metersm2
Morgenmorgen
Square milesmi2
Square nautical milesnmi2
Square Picapica2
Square yardsyd2

Information

Bitbit
Bytebyte

CONVERT function takes three arguments and returns the number after conversion to_unit mentioned as argument
Syntax:

Number : number to convert
From_unit : unit of the number
To_unit : unit, number to be converted to

Let’s understand this function using it as an example.
Here we have a set of numbers in A2 : A10 and we need to convert the numbers from_unit to to_unit.
For the first number, we need to convert the number from one pound mass to kilograms.

Use the formula:

= CONVERT ( A2, B2, C2 )


Here all the arguments to the function are given as cell reference.

Press Enter to get the result.
One pound mass is equal to 0.454 kilograms. See you didn't have to use your calculator for this and it's easy to use.

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Now copy the formula to get different CONVERT values to the remaining cells and formula as shown in the snapshot below.
As you can see from the outcomes in the snapshot above. The function returns an error in D8 cell as conversion between two different measurements is not possible.

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Use the prefix measurements as shown in the table below.
Prefixes

yottaY
zettaZ
exaE
petaP
teraT
gigaG
megaM
kilok
hectoh
dekaoda
decid
centic
millim
microu
nanon
picop
femtof
attoa
zeptoz
yoctoy

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Use the above prefixes for accurate values.

Here are some of the observations gathered using the CONVERT function.

Note:

  1. The CONVERT function returns #VALUE! Error if the data type argument is non -numeric.
  2. The CONVERT function is case sensitive function.
  3. The CONVERT function returns #NA error :
    1. If the unit is invalid or doesn't exist.
    2. If unit's prefix is invalid.
    3. If the units belong to the different groups.

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