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enter date in column a and amount in column d
In small spread sheet want to enter date in column a and amount in column d.
Using cell format, I've selected 04/05/05 but when I enter 040505 date comes out with an incorrect date. Likewise when I have formated column d for currancy with two decimal places, entering 19438.22 without the decimal point comes out $1,943,822. I know I'm doing something wrong but can't figure what -- George |
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enter date in column a and amount in column d
The cell format only controls how it looks after it's been entered, it
doesn't provide an input format type of process as you see available in Access. Go ahead and type your dates in m/d/yy format - then they'll show up as mm/dd/yyyy. That is not to say that you have to use m/d/yy - you could use variations as m/dd/yyyy and the output will be mm/dd/yy regardless. As for the 19438.22 coming out the way it is - look at Tools | Options | [Edit] tab and make sure the check box next to "Fixed Decimal Places" is cleared. "George A. Yorks" wrote: In small spread sheet want to enter date in column a and amount in column d. Using cell format, I've selected 04/05/05 but when I enter 040505 date comes out with an incorrect date. Likewise when I have formated column d for currancy with two decimal places, entering 19438.22 without the decimal point comes out $1,943,822. I know I'm doing something wrong but can't figure what -- George |
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Hi George
Even though you have formatted the column as dd/mm/yy (or mm/dd/yy) you need to enter the date as 4/5/5 for it to come out as 04/05/05. Entering 040505, Excel thinks it is a serial number of the number of days after 00/01/1900 and will return a date of 23/11/2010 (UK format) As for the numbers, go to ToolsOptionsEdituncheck Fixed Decimal places -- Regards Roger Govier "George A. Yorks" .(donotspam) wrote in message ... In small spread sheet want to enter date in column a and amount in column d. Using cell format, I've selected 04/05/05 but when I enter 040505 date comes out with an incorrect date. Likewise when I have formated column d for currancy with two decimal places, entering 19438.22 without the decimal point comes out $1,943,822. I know I'm doing something wrong but can't figure what -- George |
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enter date in column a and amount in column d
Was able to correct the amount column but find that have to enter the date
with slashes (01/19/07) for it to appear correctly. Thought I would only need to type the numers (011907). Thanks for your help -- George "JLatham" wrote: The cell format only controls how it looks after it's been entered, it doesn't provide an input format type of process as you see available in Access. Go ahead and type your dates in m/d/yy format - then they'll show up as mm/dd/yyyy. That is not to say that you have to use m/d/yy - you could use variations as m/dd/yyyy and the output will be mm/dd/yy regardless. As for the 19438.22 coming out the way it is - look at Tools | Options | [Edit] tab and make sure the check box next to "Fixed Decimal Places" is cleared. "George A. Yorks" wrote: In small spread sheet want to enter date in column a and amount in column d. Using cell format, I've selected 04/05/05 but when I enter 040505 date comes out with an incorrect date. Likewise when I have formated column d for currancy with two decimal places, entering 19438.22 without the decimal point comes out $1,943,822. I know I'm doing something wrong but can't figure what -- George |
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