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Ron Rosenfeld
 
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Default Hours and minutes display as date in formula box

On Thu, 5 Jan 2006 17:36:02 -0800, "Dave"
wrote:

When I enter hours and minutes in a cell (example: 93:11:00) the formula box
shows 1/3/1900 9:11:00pm. How do you get the formula box to display 93:11:00?


As far as I know, there is no way to control what is displayed in the formula
bar.


Also, is there a way to display only hours and minutes (93:11) since I don't
work with seconds? Thanks.


Select the cell; then Format/Cells/Number/Custom Type: [h]:mm




--ron