Understand Error Values in Excel

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How do you understand error values in Excel?

Answer

Error  Cause
#####    The column is not wide enough to display the content.  Increase column width, shrink contents to fit the column, or apply a different number format
#REF!   A cell reference is not valid.  Cells may have been deleted or pasted over
#NAME?    You may have misspelled a function name

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