Microsoft KB Archive/29241

Maximum or Minimum Value of a Calculation

PSS ID Number: Q29241 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

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The maximum value of a calculation obtained using the F2 key is a positive or negative 99,999,999,999,999 (ninety nine trillion, nine hundred ninety nine billion, nine hundred ninety nine million, nine hundred ninety nine thousand, nine hundred ninety nine).

If a calculated value is greater than the positive value or less than the negative value of this number, the “Math overflow or underflow” error message will appear in versions 3.00 and 4.00. The error message “Result has two many digits (over 14)” will appear in Word version 5.00 and 5.50.

Word stores a value sign with any number it calculates.

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