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I have a column of phone numbers with seven digits. I need to add a dash
after the third digit - what is hte best way to do this?

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Choose
Edit -Format Cells-Number-Special-Phone Number

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Hello,

I have a column of phone numbers with seven digits. I need to add a dash
after the third digit - what is hte best way to do this?

Thanks

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Jim - For a phone number in cell A1, type in B1:
=left(a1,3)&"-"&right(A1,4)

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I have a column of phone numbers with seven digits. I need to add a dash
after the third digit - what is hte best way to do this?

Thanks

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