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Default how do you create a new special cell format in Excel?

right click the column, format cells, custom

"Lori" wrote:

I have a list of cells that should contain 9 digits. I need to force a zero
as the first character if the cell only contains 8 digits. (Not all of them
import as 9 digits). I also need to force a dash after the second digit. I
need to have it display as 12-3456789 or as 01-2345678.
Thanks!