I am not sure I underestand what do you mean but lets say you are looking for
the below:

A B C
1 aaa 15
2 bbb 32
3 ccc 45
4 ddd 26

if you want to tie the word "aaa" to the number 15 in cell C1 just put the
formula below in the cell C1:
=A1&B1
if this answers you please hit yes.

Thanks

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Farhad Hodjat


"eqcitizen" wrote:

How can i possibly tie a word to a number so that any time that word is
entered the number tied to it becomes the cell value.