Cuzman

The numbers must be entered as text in the column to begin with.

In B1 enter '000001 and in B2 enter '000002

Drag/copy down to A10000(not to A10000000)

Then do the =A1&B1&C1

Or as Sandy' s formula if you prefer.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Sat, 15 Jul 2006 23:02:39 +0100, "Sandy Mann"
wrote:

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

--
HTH

Sandy
In Perth, the ancient capital of Scotland


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"Cuzman" wrote in message
...

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?