I am trying to file append a phone number in excel with the number
format I designate. However when I append the cell to a new file it
doesn't include my number format. How can I accomplish this?

Cell Value

5552879898

Cell NumberFormat

###-###-####

Cell Value Display in Excel

555-287-9898

File Append Cell Value

5552879898

The following code only makes it appear in excel the way it should.


Code:
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Columns("R:R").Select
Selection.NumberFormat = "###-###-####"

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Thanks for any help.

Scott


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If you are using append to mean concatenate:

=a1&" "&text(a2,"000-000-0000")

If you're writing code to append to a file, you could write the formatted
string:

print #1, format(phonevariable,"000-000-0000")

or if you're picking it up from the cell:

Print #1, worksheets("sheet1").range("a1").text

(only if that cell were formatted correctly.)


Djmask wrote:

I am trying to file append a phone number in excel with the number
format I designate. However when I append the cell to a new file it
doesn't include my number format. How can I accomplish this?

Cell Value

5552879898

Cell NumberFormat

###-###-####

Cell Value Display in Excel

555-287-9898

File Append Cell Value

5552879898

The following code only makes it appear in excel the way it should.

Code:
--------------------
Columns("R:R").Select
Selection.NumberFormat = "###-###-####"

--------------------


Thanks for any help.

Scott

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Dave Peterson

Thank you Dave,
You came up huge. This was the last step in a big process.


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