It works fine in xl97 if the change is made by editing the cell.

how are you updating your cell?

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Tom Ogilvy

Hawk wrote in message
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I forgot to mention that I am using Excel 97. It seems to
work for 2000, but not 97...Any ideas for a workaround?
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Hawk,

I used the following and the format changed instantly
when I hit the Enter
key (using Excel97):

Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Excel.Range)
Target.NumberFormat = "00000#"
End Sub

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sb
"Hawk" wrote in
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I am trying to change a cell's NumberFormat within the
WorksheetChange_Event. The format is changed, but it is
not reflected in the cell until the next time I change
the
cell. Any ideas on how to make the NumberFormat be
applied and used immediately after the cells value is
changed? TIA


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