It is not clear to me exactly what you need your to display. Perhaps you can
make use of this formula (where I have assumed your date is in A1)...

="Report Period:"&TEXT(A1-DAY(A1), "mmmm")

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Rick (MVP - Excel)



"GoBonnieGo" wrote in message
...
I saw a question with this title on here and it's exactly what I want...
but
the answer is too technical for me and I'm wondering if someone can
simplify
it. Here's my problem:

Each month, my people fill in a claim for what they did last month. On
top,
I have a cell that lists today's date with the formula =TODAY(). In the
body
of the report, I need to list that the report is for the previous
month/year.

Can you help?

Thanks,
Bonnie