=TEXT(A1&"-1","mmm")
Neat solution!! but I think you meant to reference cell A2 not A1.

Also, dependant upon your regional settings, (in the UK for example) you
would need to use
=TEXT("1-"&A2,"mmm")

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Regards

Roger Govier


"Teethless mama" wrote in
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Try this:

=TEXT(A1&"-1","mmm")



"Graham" wrote:

I have a master sheet in which date is stored in columns by month.
Row 1 has
the year and row 2 has the month number (1 to 12).

There are presentation sheets that reference subsets of the master
data and
on those sheets I would like to display a 3 char string for the month
e.g.
'JAN' for month 1.

Any suggestions, please?
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Graham