What exactly do you presently have in the list now?

If, for example, you had:
(213) 123-4567

You could use "Edit & Replace", where you "Find"
" ( " (no quotes)
And replace with " 1 ( " (no quotes).
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HTH,

RD
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Please keep all correspondence within the Group, so all may benefit!
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"Jan" wrote in message
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Trying to get a 1 to prefix phone numbers in an existing column with
thousands of entries.

thanks!