Convert an error to zero and use a format to hide the value. You can hide error values by converting them to a number such as 0, and then applying a conditional format that hides the value. Create an example error. Open a blank workbook, or create a new worksheet.Enter 3 in cell B1, enter 0 in cell C1, and in cell A1, enter the formula =B1/C1. The #DIV/0! error appears in cell A1. Select A1, and press F2 to edit the formula. After the equal sign (=), type IFERROR followed by an opening parenthesis.ou can hide error values by converting them to a number such as 0, and then applying a conditional format that hides the value. Create an example error. Open a blank workbook, or create a new worksheet.
It could fall off your report after seven years and then reappear as a public record judgment. Suppose you live in a state where the statute of limitations is longer than seven years. Your medical collections account could come off your credit report after seven years. Then the creditor sues you in court and wins.
But if I understand them correctly, paying a collection account does not affect the time it will remain on your credit reports. Collection accounts may remain on credit reports for seven years plus 180 days from the date you fell behind with the original creditor (in this case the hospital).