CARET or ^, as in CTRL but CTRL !!! ???

[Dutch Jam]

In Office Excel 2003, when I type WORD the cell displays ^WORD. Why? How do I
get it back to normal? The program does other erratic nonsense, but for now
focus on the mysterious caret.

Thanks for the help,

Dutch

[Bob Phillips]

Is it an autocorrect item (Tools>Autocorrect Options)?

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HTH

Bob Phillips

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"Dutch Jam" <Dutch Jam@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1BC024A3-DF3D-46FE-9B89-30F562C29DDF@microsoft.com...
> In Office Excel 2003, when I type WORD the cell displays ^WORD. Why? How
do I
> get it back to normal? The program does other erratic nonsense, but for
now
> focus on the mysterious caret.
>
> Thanks for the help,
>
> Dutch

[Dutch Jam]

Thanks Bob, but it is not an autocorrect item.

"Bob Phillips" wrote:

> Is it an autocorrect item (Tools>Autocorrect Options)?
>
> --
> HTH
>
> Bob Phillips
>
> (remove nothere from email address if mailing direct)
>
> "Dutch Jam" <Dutch Jam@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1BC024A3-DF3D-46FE-9B89-30F562C29DDF@microsoft.com...
> > In Office Excel 2003, when I type WORD the cell displays ^WORD. Why? How
> do I
> > get it back to normal? The program does other erratic nonsense, but for
> now
> > focus on the mysterious caret.
> >
> > Thanks for the help,
> >
> > Dutch
>
>
>

[Dave Peterson]

^ is the shortcut key for centering text in old (or current???) versions of
Lotus 123.

I'd turn off all those transition settings under:
tools|options|transition tab

to see if it helped.

Dutch Jam wrote:
>
> In Office Excel 2003, when I type WORD the cell displays ^WORD. Why? How do I
> get it back to normal? The program does other erratic nonsense, but for now
> focus on the mysterious caret.
>
> Thanks for the help,
>
> Dutch

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Dave Peterson