="FY 2009 budgeted cases are "&TEXT(E28,"#,##0")&", a decrease of
"&F28&" cases of actual volume"

Use the TEXT function for F28 too, if needed

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Kind regards,

Niek Otten
Microsoft MVP - Excel

"Mgville" wrote in message
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My info. states FY 2009 budgeted cases are 11,500, a decrease of 495
cases
of actual volume

I can concatenate the text and result but can't seem to format the result

="FY 2009 budgeted cases are "& E28& ", a decrease of" &F28& " cases
of
actual volume"

="FY 2009 budgeted cases are 11500, a decrease of 495 cases of actual
volume"