*After* importing, why not try:
<Edit <Replace
And replace the dashes with nothing?
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RD

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"Anita" wrote in message
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We are bringing in a basic ss# with hyphens 000-00-0000 and we need to use
them to apply to a spreadsheet but without the hyphens i.e. 000000000.
We'd
like to format the entire column before importing to the spreadsheet.
Thanks.
I hope that's clearer.

"Nick Hodge" wrote:

Anita

What do you have and what should a ss# look like. Format in Excel are not
like placeholders in Access so you will likely need a temporary helper
column while you add hyphens

pb

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Nick Hodge
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Southampton, England
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www.nickhodge.co.uk


"Anita" wrote in message
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Is there any way to format a column of Social Security numbers without
hyphens? I've tried a custom format but that isn't working. Am I
missing
something? Thanks for your help.