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How do I display a single quote in a cell that has a single quote as the
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Just type it twice. The first one will not be displayed, but the second one
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"Brotha B" wrote:

How do I display a single quote in a cell that has a single quote as the
first character? Excel uses the single quote to format the cell so it
doesn't display.

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