Custom Formatting
 

I'm trying to create a custom format to enter in some data. This is
what I've tried thus far and excel won't let me do it

@##@-#@@#-####-@#@@

I want to enter data that looks like this: B04Z-0FQ1-2323-U3FY

Any help??:rolleyes:


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Custom Formatting
 

You can't create a custom format like that for text, only numbers
You would need an event macro that will convert it but that means changing
the values (or you can use a formula in another cell that will do it)

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I'm trying to create a custom format to enter in some data. This is
what I've tried thus far and excel won't let me do it

@##@-#@@#-####-@#@@

I want to enter data that looks like this: B04Z-0FQ1-2323-U3FY

Any help??:rolleyes:


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If you enter your data preceded with a single apostrophe, Excel will leave it
alone.
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"walkerdayle" wrote:


I'm trying to create a custom format to enter in some data. This is
what I've tried thus far and excel won't let me do it

@##@-#@@#-####-@#@@

I want to enter data that looks like this: B04Z-0FQ1-2323-U3FY

Any help??:rolleyes:


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Maybe you could enter the 16 character string, then use another cell to display
the nicely formatted version:

If you put
@##@#@@#####@#@@
in A1

You could use this in B1:
=IF(A1="","",IF(LEN(A1)<16,"Error",
LEFT(A1,4)&"-"&MID(A1,5,4)&"-"&MID(A1,9,4)&"-"&RIGHT(A1,4)))

(all one cell)

walkerdayle wrote:

I'm trying to create a custom format to enter in some data. This is
what I've tried thus far and excel won't let me do it

@##@-#@@#-####-@#@@

I want to enter data that looks like this: B04Z-0FQ1-2323-U3FY

Any help??:rolleyes:

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