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JE McGimpsey JE McGimpsey is offline
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Default Excel 2003 I want text quoted and then the value of a cell followi

One way:

="1D8+" & B1

BTW: "didn't work" isn't very informative.


You can also use cell formatting. In the cell, put

=B1

and choose Format/Cells/Number/Custom "1D8+"General

In article ,
tenchi wrote:

In Excel 2003 SP2 I need the text '1D8+' followed by the value of a different
cell. I tried Cell Formating but it didn't work.