Common formula error messages in Excel and what they mean

Apart from circular references, there’s other error messages that you can get when you’re writing formulas in Excel. Let’s face it: Excel is kind of confusing, and when you’re just starting out, you make mistakes writing formulas. And you’re bound to get an error message here and there. So let's talk about common error messages that you might find in Excel and what they mean.

Error messages in Excel usually start with a pound sign (#), that’s how you tell them apart from ordinary text strings.

In this video, we're going to learn about error messages in Excel such as #REF, #DIV/0, #VALUE, and #NAME