Summary page with paste links showing 0

CuriousSpreadsheet

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Hello! apologies if this has been asked multiple times, I have found questions and answers similar but not quite what I was after.

I have a spreadsheet, and I am wanting to create a summary sheet for it. I have used the paste link option so that whatever is typed in the main spreadsheet, shows in the summary sheet. This is more for aesthetics, but when the main spreadsheet cell is empty, the summary sheet shows a 0. Is there a way I can change this so that when the cell is empty on the main, it shows as a - in the summary sheet instead? The contents of the cells are text, and one is date, so it's not a number format.

I hope I've worded this correctly!
 

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If you do a paste link you should finish up with a formula that looks like:
Excel Formula:
=Sheet1!$A$1
If you are sure your result is going to be Text you can simply do this:
Excel Formula:
=Sheet1!$A$1 & ""
For your date, assuming you still want it to be a date you would need to test for blank eg
Excel Formula:
=IF(Sheet1!$A$1="", "", Sheet1!$A$1)
 
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