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Ron Rosenfeld
 
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Default degrees minutes and seconds

On Sun, 20 Nov 2005 08:36:14 -0600, grandfilth
wrote:


how can i make an angle in decimal show as an angle in degrees minuts
and seconds?


A1: Decimal Angle
B1: =A1/24
Format/Cells/Number/Custom Type:
[h]° mm' ss\"

(The "degree" sign is entered by holding down the <alt key and typing 0176 on
the numeric keypad).

This takes advantage of the fact that there is the same relationship between
degrees/minutes/seconds as there is between hours/minutes/seconds and uses
Excel's built in time format.


--ron