Your numbers are text. Copy an empty cell, select the "numbers" and do
editpaste special and select add
then try the custom format

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Regards,


Peo Sjoblom

"Bob" wrote in message
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Bob Thanks for the suggestion but it does not work for me.

I am using Excel 2007.

I go the worksheet and highlight all the cells that I wish to change.

On the Home memu I find Cells and click on format cells

On the number tac under custom I have inserted #,### and have cliked the
OK,

But the number does not change!

Suggestions?
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Bob G.


"Bob" wrote:

I have an existing excel worksheet with several numbers, subtotals, etc
that
are all stated in whole numbers such as $1,245,789.

I would like to state all the cells in 1,000's.

For example, the number in my example above would become $1,245.

What is the easy way to do this?
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Bob G.