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Hi,

I am interested in having a formula in a cell along with some text. Is that
possible? Specifically, I am interested in having a range of dates. I want
one cell to be: "=Today()-7" "to"
The next cell to the right would be: "=Today()"

Our format will not allow for another active cell to be used. Is this
possible?

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Almost correct:
=Today()-7 & " to "
Note the spaces after after the quote and at the end, thats simply to
space it from the formula result.

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Hi,

I am interested in having a formula in a cell along with some text. Is
that
possible? Specifically, I am interested in having a range of dates. I
want
one cell to be: "=Today()-7" "to"
The next cell to the right would be: "=Today()"

Our format will not allow for another active cell to be used. Is this
possible?



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Hi Simon,

I am receiving an error with the text you suggested. I directly entered:

=TODAY()-7 & " to "

but am still getting an error. Any other ideas? Or did I enter something
incorrectly?

Thanks,
Chad

"Simon Lloyd" wrote:


Almost correct:
=Today()-7 & " to "
Note the spaces after after the quote and at the end, thats simply to
space it from the formula result.

Is this what you wanted?Chadersmith;444257 Wrote:
Hi,

I am interested in having a formula in a cell along with some text. Is
that
possible? Specifically, I am interested in having a range of dates. I
want
one cell to be: "=Today()-7" "to"
The next cell to the right would be: "=Today()"

Our format will not allow for another active cell to be used. Is this
possible?



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If by "error" you mean that you have a number followed by " to", then
you will need to do this:

=TEXT(TODAY()-7,"dd/mm/yyyy") & " to "

Hope this helps.

Pete

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Hi Simon,

I am receiving an error with the text you suggested. I directly entered:

=TODAY()-7 & " to "

but am still getting an error. Any other ideas? Or did I enter something
incorrectly?

Thanks,
Chad



"Simon Lloyd" wrote:

Almost correct:
=Today()-7 & " to "
Note the spaces after after the quote and at the end, thats simply to
space it from the formula result.


Is this what you wanted?Chadersmith;444257 Wrote:
Hi,


I am interested in having a formula in a cell along with some text. Is
that
possible? Specifically, I am interested in having a range of dates. I
want
one cell to be: "=Today()-7" "to"
The next cell to the right would be: "=Today()"


Our format will not allow for another active cell to be used. Is this
possible?


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What error are you recieving?, PeteUk has given the solution to allow
you to see a date rather than a date serial, if Pete han't solved your
query can you eloborate?Chadersmith;444883 Wrote:
Hi Simon,

I am receiving an error with the text you suggested. I directly
entered:

=TODAY()-7 & " to "

but am still getting an error. Any other ideas? Or did I enter
something
incorrectly?

Thanks,
Chad

"Simon Lloyd" wrote:


Almost correct:
=Today()-7 & " to "
Note the spaces after after the quote and at the end, thats simply to
space it from the formula result.

Is this what you wanted?Chadersmith;444257 Wrote:
Hi,

I am interested in having a formula in a cell along with some text.

Is
that
possible? Specifically, I am interested in having a range of dates.

I
want
one cell to be: "=Today()-7" "to"
The next cell to the right would be: "=Today()"

Our format will not allow for another active cell to be used. Is

this
possible?



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