Tracy,
If you can do the change by multiplying by 1000, then:

Put 1000 in a spare cell and COPY it.

Select range to be changed
Edit==PasteSpecial==Operation==Multiply
Delete spare cell
Format your data NUMBER== ' Use 1000 separator(,)


TEST first!!

HTH

"Tracy" wrote:

Hi I need to convert a large spreadsheet with volumes of no.s set out in the
European format which separate 000s with a dot "." to the Uk format which
separates this with commas e,g. 1,000. I need to do this in the same
column/cells, not as a formula, i.e. not {sum=cell*1000}, and I've tried the
find and replace function which doesn't work as it changes e.g. 10.000 to 10