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Hi. I need to add a two letter prefix to a large number of data cells that
currently have text in them w/o overwritting the current data.

For example a column of this text:

106
108
110
202
206

I would need to add the letters "SE" before the numbers. Any quick way to do
that?
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Format--Cells, Custom. Type the following into the short box:
"SE"000
Remember, now, that's not the VALUE of the cell. It's just a VIEW of it.
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Hi. I need to add a two letter prefix to a large number of data cells that
currently have text in them w/o overwritting the current data.

For example a column of this text:

106
108
110
202
206

I would need to add the letters "SE" before the numbers. Any quick way to
do
that?



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Hi

In another column use :

=CONCATENATE("SE",A1)

Where A1 is the cell reference that contains the numbers as listed.

Then just fill the formula down.

Regards

Shaun


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