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Default ' character in excel

In older versions of excel the ' character could be used as the first
character in a cell to mke the following character repeat itself throughout
the cell. This command no loner works. What command was used to replace it?
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Default ' character in excel

You sure that the character wasn't a backslash (\) with:
tools|options|transition tab|transition navigation keys
checked.

You could try:
type the character(s) in the cell.
Format|cells|alignment tab|Horizontal Text Alignment box|Fill



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In older versions of excel the ' character could be used as the first
character in a cell to mke the following character repeat itself throughout
the cell. This command no loner works. What command was used to replace it?


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Default ' character in excel

Type the character you want then
Format|Cells|Alignment tab|Horizontal text alignment|Fill

or
Format|Cells - Number - Custom
*A
Repeates A

or
=REPT("A",300)


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In older versions of excel the ' character could be used as the first
character in a cell to mke the following character repeat itself throughout
the cell. This command no loner works. What command was used to replace it?

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