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How do I format phone numbers in excel?
I have an excel file with a column for phone numbers. Some are (xxx)
xxx-xxxx and others are xxx-xxx-xxxx. I need to make all the numbers follow the xxx-xxx-xxxx format but am unable to do so with the format cells. What do I need to do? |
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How do I format phone numbers in excel?
If those () and -'s are really part of the cell (not formatting choices),
Then select the column and do 3 edit|replaces edit|replace what: ( with: (leave blank) replace all edit|replace what: ) with: (leave blank) replace all edit|replace what: - with: (leave blank) replace all Now all your entries should be real numbers and your format|cells|number tab choices should work ok. CBickley wrote: I have an excel file with a column for phone numbers. Some are (xxx) xxx-xxxx and others are xxx-xxx-xxxx. I need to make all the numbers follow the xxx-xxx-xxxx format but am unable to do so with the format cells. What do I need to do? -- Dave Peterson |
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How do I format phone numbers in excel?
Thanks, this worked. Now I have a space in the middle of the numbers that I
need to delete (xxx xxxxxxx). How do I do this? "Dave Peterson" wrote: If those () and -'s are really part of the cell (not formatting choices), Then select the column and do 3 edit|replaces edit|replace what: ( with: (leave blank) replace all edit|replace what: ) with: (leave blank) replace all edit|replace what: - with: (leave blank) replace all Now all your entries should be real numbers and your format|cells|number tab choices should work ok. CBickley wrote: I have an excel file with a column for phone numbers. Some are (xxx) xxx-xxxx and others are xxx-xxx-xxxx. I need to make all the numbers follow the xxx-xxx-xxxx format but am unable to do so with the format cells. What do I need to do? -- Dave Peterson |
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How do I format phone numbers in excel?
Add one more edit|replace
Edit|Replace what: (spacebar) with: (leave blank) replace all CBickley wrote: Thanks, this worked. Now I have a space in the middle of the numbers that I need to delete (xxx xxxxxxx). How do I do this? "Dave Peterson" wrote: If those () and -'s are really part of the cell (not formatting choices), Then select the column and do 3 edit|replaces edit|replace what: ( with: (leave blank) replace all edit|replace what: ) with: (leave blank) replace all edit|replace what: - with: (leave blank) replace all Now all your entries should be real numbers and your format|cells|number tab choices should work ok. CBickley wrote: I have an excel file with a column for phone numbers. Some are (xxx) xxx-xxxx and others are xxx-xxx-xxxx. I need to make all the numbers follow the xxx-xxx-xxxx format but am unable to do so with the format cells. What do I need to do? -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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How do I format phone numbers in excel?
I'm not sure why OP needs any more than two editreplaces to get rid of the ()
Some data looks like (xxx)xxx-xxxx Wants it to look like xxx-xxx-xxxx EditReplace what: ( with: nothing EditReplace what: ) with: - My first post was replace with nothing which was incorrect. returns xxx-xxx-xxxx I guess I don't understand why the need to trun the phone number into a number just to turn around and custom format as xxx-xxx-xxxx Gord On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 14:12:51 -0500, Dave Peterson wrote: Add one more edit|replace Edit|Replace what: (spacebar) with: (leave blank) replace all CBickley wrote: Thanks, this worked. Now I have a space in the middle of the numbers that I need to delete (xxx xxxxxxx). How do I do this? "Dave Peterson" wrote: If those () and -'s are really part of the cell (not formatting choices), Then select the column and do 3 edit|replaces edit|replace what: ( with: (leave blank) replace all edit|replace what: ) with: (leave blank) replace all edit|replace what: - with: (leave blank) replace all Now all your entries should be real numbers and your format|cells|number tab choices should work ok. CBickley wrote: I have an excel file with a column for phone numbers. Some are (xxx) xxx-xxxx and others are xxx-xxx-xxxx. I need to make all the numbers follow the xxx-xxx-xxxx format but am unable to do so with the format cells. What do I need to do? -- Dave Peterson Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP |
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How do I format phone numbers in excel?
I think that there was an unfortunate line break in the middle of his examples:
I have an excel file with a column for phone numbers. Some are (xxx) xxx-xxxx and others are xxx-xxx-xxxx. I think the first example was really: (xxx) xxx-xxxx So there would have been an extra space in that string. And as a personal choice, I'd want all my data the same format--either all text or all numbers (nicely formatted). I'd convert any text strings xxx-xxx-xxxx to its number and then use format|cells to give the whole range a nice consistent look. Gord Dibben wrote: I'm not sure why OP needs any more than two editreplaces to get rid of the () Some data looks like (xxx)xxx-xxxx Wants it to look like xxx-xxx-xxxx EditReplace what: ( with: nothing EditReplace what: ) with: - My first post was replace with nothing which was incorrect. returns xxx-xxx-xxxx I guess I don't understand why the need to trun the phone number into a number just to turn around and custom format as xxx-xxx-xxxx Gord On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 14:12:51 -0500, Dave Peterson wrote: Add one more edit|replace Edit|Replace what: (spacebar) with: (leave blank) replace all CBickley wrote: Thanks, this worked. Now I have a space in the middle of the numbers that I need to delete (xxx xxxxxxx). How do I do this? "Dave Peterson" wrote: If those () and -'s are really part of the cell (not formatting choices), Then select the column and do 3 edit|replaces edit|replace what: ( with: (leave blank) replace all edit|replace what: ) with: (leave blank) replace all edit|replace what: - with: (leave blank) replace all Now all your entries should be real numbers and your format|cells|number tab choices should work ok. CBickley wrote: I have an excel file with a column for phone numbers. Some are (xxx) xxx-xxxx and others are xxx-xxx-xxxx. I need to make all the numbers follow the xxx-xxx-xxxx format but am unable to do so with the format cells. What do I need to do? -- Dave Peterson Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP -- Dave Peterson |
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How do I format phone numbers in excel?
If 'phone number in column A, then put this in B and copy down:
=SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(A1,"(",""),")","") HTH "CBickley" wrote: I have an excel file with a column for phone numbers. Some are (xxx) xxx-xxxx and others are xxx-xxx-xxxx. I need to make all the numbers follow the xxx-xxx-xxxx format but am unable to do so with the format cells. What do I need to do? |
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How do I format phone numbers in excel?
Format Cells Choose "Custom" Category In the "Type:" field on the
right type in "000-000-0000" |
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How do I format phone numbers in excel?
EditReplace
what: ( with: nothing replace all Same for ) Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 10:44:01 -0700, CBickley wrote: I have an excel file with a column for phone numbers. Some are (xxx) xxx-xxxx and others are xxx-xxx-xxxx. I need to make all the numbers follow the xxx-xxx-xxxx format but am unable to do so with the format cells. What do I need to do? |
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