You can't. You would have to program the click event to format at

Private Sub Combobox1_Click()
Combobox1.Value = Format(Combobox1.Value,"mm/dd/yyyy")
End Sub

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Tom Ogilvy

"Chaplain Doug" wrote in message
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Excel 2003. I put a combobox control on my sheet that has a ListFillRange
that points to a column with dates in it. However, when I select one of
the
dates, the combobox displays a number (e.g., 2/28/2006 is displayed as
38748). How can I set the format for the combobox so that it displays the
date properly? Thanks for the help.
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