That did it! Thank you so much!
-----Original Message-----
Let me correct myself - I don't believe I correctly
interpreted your
requirement - and I mispoke about 11111. Try this format

[<100000]00000-"0000";00000-0000

for 11111 it does display 11111-0000

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy


"Nikki" wrote in
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I just tried that and it doesn't look like it did
anything...

Any other ideas?
-----Original Message-----
Select the column then:
format = Cells = Number Tab, go to Custom

[<100000]00000;00000-0000

I believe this will do what you want.
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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy


"Nikki" wrote in
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I've got a list of about 1500 zip codes in my
worksheet.
Unfortunately, they are not all formatted the same
way. I
want them all to have the zip code plus 4 digits
format
(00000-0000). But, whenever I choose that in the
format
cells dialog box, it automatically changes the zip
code
that were only 5 digits to have four leading zeros.
Example, from 11111 to 00001-1111, instead of 11111-
0000.
I want it to add the zeros to the end, not the
beginning.
Any idea on how I can get it to work this way? I
figured
I'd be able to program it to work that way, but I'm
not
familiar with the programming part, so I don't even
know
where to start.

Oh, and I'm using Excel 2003...

Thanks!


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