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Default Removing/adding decimal points

I guess its probably very simple but half my data has been
entered as 1.11 and the rest as 111.

How do I either get rid or add a decimal point to it all?

Have searched help pretty thougherly and can't see any
thing. The idea of replaceing everything manually thrills
me not all. :)
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To make 1.11 -- 111.

Put 100 in an empty cell.
copy that cell
select your range to be fixed.
Edit|paste special|check multiply.
clean up that helper cell.

(to make 111 -- 1.11, you'd do the same, but choose divide.)

Lou wrote:

I guess its probably very simple but half my data has been
entered as 1.11 and the rest as 111.

How do I either get rid or add a decimal point to it all?

Have searched help pretty thougherly and can't see any
thing. The idea of replaceing everything manually thrills
me not all. :)


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Highlight the column -- Format Cells -- "Number"
Category: Number. You can choose the number of decimal
places you want. In your case - if the 1.11 is accurate,
then you'll have to manually adjust the 111's - otherwise
they'll turn up to be 111.00.

If you do have to manually go in there - the best way to
do this is sort by that column and then do the copy/paste
method.


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I guess its probably very simple but half my data has

been
entered as 1.11 and the rest as 111.

How do I either get rid or add a decimal point to it

all?

Have searched help pretty thougherly and can't see any
thing. The idea of replaceing everything manually thrills
me not all. :)
.

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