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David Biddulph
 
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Default enter 5 in 1 cell, show first 3 in other cell

"JcR" wrote in message
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I want to be able to:

enter a 5 digit number into in cell a1

have the first 3 digits appear in cell a2


=LEFT(A1,3)
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David Biddulph