excel 2003 problem w/zero and blank cells

Meenie

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I'm copying information from one spreadsheet to another. The problem I'm encountering is when a cell is blank, it copies over as zero. but I want it to copy over as blank if it's blank, not as a zero as the new spreadsheet row will be averaged and the zero will mess up the average.
The formula I have in each cell is simply "=worksheet1!E19"
What do I need to add to the formula to make it keep the cell blank if it's blank on the original worksheet?
Thanks :)
 

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I'm copying information from one spreadsheet to another. The problem I'm encountering is when a cell is blank, it copies over as zero. but I want it to copy over as blank if it's blank, not as a zero as the new spreadsheet row will be averaged and the zero will mess up the average.
The formula I have in each cell is simply "=worksheet1!E19"
What do I need to add to the formula to make it keep the cell blank if it's blank on the original worksheet?
Thanks :)
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=IF(worksheet1!E19="","",worksheet1!E19)
 
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