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Default text in a cell upon entering the cell

I need to have " appear in a cell when it is entered. Does anyone know of a
way to do this?

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Default text in a cell upon entering the cell

The double quote will appear if it is typed. If you type two single quotes
(apostrophes), only one will appear.
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I need to have " appear in a cell when it is entered. Does anyone know of a
way to do this?

Thanks
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Default text in a cell upon entering the cell

I guess I didn't ask the question clearly. I have a spread sheet for
entering information. When other people enter information they forget to add
the " when they enter the cell before entering the rest of the text. All the
cells in this column should start with ". Is there a way to have Excel to
put it there auto or maybe to validate that it is there when the cell it
exited?

"Gary''s Student" wrote:

The double quote will appear if it is typed. If you type two single quotes
(apostrophes), only one will appear.
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I need to have " appear in a cell when it is entered. Does anyone know of a
way to do this?

Thanks
Barb S

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Default text in a cell upon entering the cell

Select your cells, say A1 to A100, then:
Try "Data Validation" with this custom formula:

=LEFT(A1)=""""


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I guess I didn't ask the question clearly. I have a spread sheet for
entering information. When other people enter information they forget to
add
the " when they enter the cell before entering the rest of the text. All
the
cells in this column should start with ". Is there a way to have Excel to
put it there auto or maybe to validate that it is there when the cell it
exited?

"Gary''s Student" wrote:

The double quote will appear if it is typed. If you type two single

quotes
(apostrophes), only one will appear.
--
Gary''s Student


"Barb S" wrote:

I need to have " appear in a cell when it is entered. Does anyone know

of a
way to do this?

Thanks
Barb S



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