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I cannot get the "&" to appear in the print preiew or in the print of my
worksheet. I have inserted it in my custom header and I can see it, but not
when I look at the print preview or printed version. How can I get this to
appear?
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The '&' is an escape character in headers and footers. To see the &, use
two in a row: &&



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I cannot get the "&" to appear in the print preiew or in the print of my
worksheet. I have inserted it in my custom header and I can see it, but not
when I look at the print preview or printed version. How can I get this to
appear?

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Double it up

AT&&T returns AT&T


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On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 08:07:02 -0700, megmicwil
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I cannot get the "&" to appear in the print preiew or in the print of my
worksheet. I have inserted it in my custom header and I can see it, but not
when I look at the print preview or printed version. How can I get this to
appear?


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