One other note.

When you fill-down or copy the formula to other cells, you may need to
recalculate by hitting F9.

Regards,
Paul

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"PCLIVE" wrote in message
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With your date in A1, this will display a three-letter representation of
the month.
=text(A1,"mmm")

If you want the full month name:
=text(A1,"mmmm")

HTH,
Paul

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"maltagirl" wrote in message
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I have a spreadheet full of dates (ex:1/4/2003). i want only the month
portion to show in a different cell. The trouble is that the month
portion is
to be shown as text (January - 1 is the month). I have managed to convert
the
1 into January by using the Format-Cells command, but when I drag down to
fill the other cells, they are all filled in as January, whereas the
dates go
through 12. How can I manage this? Thanks.