Try this:

In chunks so line wrap doesn't break at the needed spaces:

=INT(A1*24)&" hour"&IF(INT(A1*24)=1," ","s ")&MINUTE(A1)
&" minute"&IF(MINUTE(A1)=1,"","s")


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Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Josh" wrote in message
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i want to make a cell display text and numbers. i want to take time from
one
cell, say A1 is 227:23 as [h]:mm and make it say in A2 227 hours 23
minutes.
how can i do this?