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Phone field is text without input mask.
If we type 7 digits, I want it to display as ( ) xxx-xxxx
If we type 10 digits, I want it to display as (xxx) xxx-xxxx

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Phone field is text without input mask.
If we type 7 digits, I want it to display as ( ) xxx-xxxx
If we type 10 digits, I want it to display as (xxx) xxx-xxxx



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There are no input masks in Excel, try this custom format

[<=9999999]"( ) "###-####;(###) ###-####



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Phone field is text without input mask.
If we type 7 digits, I want it to display as ( ) xxx-xxxx
If we type 10 digits, I want it to display as (xxx) xxx-xxxx



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