Number formats work with numbers--not text

Yeah, that's what i thought.

Microsoft should allow this to work, as many of the "numbers" we
want to format (zip code, phone, social security...) are treated
as text strings.

Thanks for your reply


"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
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Can you use another column with a formula like:

=left(a1,5) & "-" & right(a1,4)

Number formats work with numbers--not text.

Phillip wrote:

I have zip codes plus carrier routes stored together as one
string. I want a dash between the zip code and route,

95006RR24 should display as 95006-RR24

this would be easy if it where all digits like zip+4. nothing
i've tried works. any suggestions?

Phil

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Dave Peterson