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Default Having trouble with number series

A klunky workaround:

Use a helper column with the numbers filled down, then in the column you
want to fill with:

="abc"&B1&"abc"

then copy and Paste Special back into the same column and then finally
delete the helper column

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Sandy
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"Cuzman" wrote in message
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I'm stuck on how to create a number series in Excel. For instance, I can
put the following in these respective cells:

A1 1
A2 2
A3 3

...and then I can fill the series down to A10000. However, I actually
need the numbers to be in the middle of some text. ie.

A1 abc00000000001abc
A2 abc00000000002abc
A3 abc00000000003abc

...so I can fill down to A10000000000. I can't seem to do this. Is there
a way that this can be done?