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Formatting columns for Lat-Long
How do I format a column or cell for entering Latitude & Longitude data.
Most of the data I have is degrees, minutes & seconds "nn°nn.nnn" North Latitude by "nnn°.nn.nnn" West? -- Tnx, Mike |
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You can format the columns without using programming. Select your column and
click Format/Cells on Excel's menu bar, select Custom from the Category list and copy/paste the following into the Type field... [h]°m's\" You can produce the degree symbol on your own if you would like type the above in yourself by holding down the Alt key and keying in 0176 on the Number Pad of your keyboard. -- Rick (MVP - Excel) "Mike" wrote in message ... How do I format a column or cell for entering Latitude & Longitude data. Most of the data I have is degrees, minutes & seconds "nn°nn.nnn" North Latitude by "nnn°.nn.nnn" West? -- Tnx, Mike |
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I forgot to mention... your entries will need to be entered as time values;
for example, enter 123°45'56" as 123:45:56. -- Rick (MVP - Excel) "Rick Rothstein" wrote in message ... You can format the columns without using programming. Select your column and click Format/Cells on Excel's menu bar, select Custom from the Category list and copy/paste the following into the Type field... [h]°m's\" You can produce the degree symbol on your own if you would like type the above in yourself by holding down the Alt key and keying in 0176 on the Number Pad of your keyboard. -- Rick (MVP - Excel) "Mike" wrote in message ... How do I format a column or cell for entering Latitude & Longitude data. Most of the data I have is degrees, minutes & seconds "nn°nn.nnn" North Latitude by "nnn°.nn.nnn" West? -- Tnx, Mike |
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Copy the line below to Format - Cells - Number - Custom and place line in box
at top of Form. 00°00.000 "Mike" wrote: How do I format a column or cell for entering Latitude & Longitude data. Most of the data I have is degrees, minutes & seconds "nn°nn.nnn" North Latitude by "nnn°.nn.nnn" West? -- Tnx, Mike |
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Select the cell, go to the Edit menu, choose Cells, and then the
Number tab. Select Custom in the list on the left and enter the following format: [h]ºmm'ss\" To get the degree sign, hold down the ALT key and enter 0186 on the numeric keypad (to the right of the keys, NOT the numbers above the letters). Cordially, Chip Pearson Microsoft MVP Excel Product Group Pearson Software Consulting, LLC www.cpearson.com The San Diego Project Group, LLC (email is on the web site) USA Central Daylight Time (-5:00 GMT) On Fri, 3 Oct 2008 08:10:02 -0700, Mike wrote: How do I format a column or cell for entering Latitude & Longitude data. Most of the data I have is degrees, minutes & seconds "nn°nn.nnn" North Latitude by "nnn°.nn.nnn" West? |
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To get the degree sign, hold down the ALT key and enter 0186 on the
numeric keypad (to the right of the keys, NOT the numbers above the letters). Hmm! I posted the same message as you did, but I instructed the OP to use Alt+0176 instead of Alt+0186. They both look like degree symbols to me, but one seems to display the circle a little higher up than the other. Do you know what (beside the height thing) is the difference between these two symbols? Is one of them a degree sign and the other a something else (and if a something else, what)? -- Rick (MVP - Excel) |
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I've always used Alt+0176. The other always seemed to make too small a
circle. - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Tutorials and Custom Solutions Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com _______ "Rick Rothstein" wrote in message ... To get the degree sign, hold down the ALT key and enter 0186 on the numeric keypad (to the right of the keys, NOT the numbers above the letters). Hmm! I posted the same message as you did, but I instructed the OP to use Alt+0176 instead of Alt+0186. They both look like degree symbols to me, but one seems to display the circle a little higher up than the other. Do you know what (beside the height thing) is the difference between these two symbols? Is one of them a degree sign and the other a something else (and if a something else, what)? -- Rick (MVP - Excel) |
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Your comment prompted me to test both of them side by side. Actually,
Alt+0186 makes the larger circle (I bumped the font size up to 48 to examine them); that is the difference I didn't notice earlier... one is not higher than the other, only larger (the top of both symbols are located at the same height position; it was the size difference that made one look like it was higher than the other one). As it turns out, though, neither one of them is exactly the right one to use.<g The symbol produced from Alt+0176 is the same height as the apostrophe and quote mark symbols, but its line thickness is just ever so slightly little thinner than them. On the other hand, the symbol produced from Alt+186 is larger than the apostrophe and quote mark (about 25% so) and its line thickness is just ever so slightly heavier. At normal font sizes, I kind of think Alt+0176 looks a little bit better (but that is a highly subjective opinion). -- Rick (MVP - Excel) "Jon Peltier" wrote in message ... I've always used Alt+0176. The other always seemed to make too small a circle. - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Tutorials and Custom Solutions Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com _______ "Rick Rothstein" wrote in message ... To get the degree sign, hold down the ALT key and enter 0186 on the numeric keypad (to the right of the keys, NOT the numbers above the letters). Hmm! I posted the same message as you did, but I instructed the OP to use Alt+0176 instead of Alt+0186. They both look like degree symbols to me, but one seems to display the circle a little higher up than the other. Do you know what (beside the height thing) is the difference between these two symbols? Is one of them a degree sign and the other a something else (and if a something else, what)? -- Rick (MVP - Excel) |
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Rick -
It was a long time ago I settled on 0176, so I don't recall the details. I was probably using a different font, one I never use anymore, and I'm sure that also makes a difference. - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Tutorials and Custom Solutions Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com _______ "Rick Rothstein" wrote in message ... Your comment prompted me to test both of them side by side. Actually, Alt+0186 makes the larger circle (I bumped the font size up to 48 to examine them); that is the difference I didn't notice earlier... one is not higher than the other, only larger (the top of both symbols are located at the same height position; it was the size difference that made one look like it was higher than the other one). As it turns out, though, neither one of them is exactly the right one to use.<g The symbol produced from Alt+0176 is the same height as the apostrophe and quote mark symbols, but its line thickness is just ever so slightly little thinner than them. On the other hand, the symbol produced from Alt+186 is larger than the apostrophe and quote mark (about 25% so) and its line thickness is just ever so slightly heavier. At normal font sizes, I kind of think Alt+0176 looks a little bit better (but that is a highly subjective opinion). -- Rick (MVP - Excel) "Jon Peltier" wrote in message ... I've always used Alt+0176. The other always seemed to make too small a circle. - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Tutorials and Custom Solutions Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com _______ "Rick Rothstein" wrote in message ... To get the degree sign, hold down the ALT key and enter 0186 on the numeric keypad (to the right of the keys, NOT the numbers above the letters). Hmm! I posted the same message as you did, but I instructed the OP to use Alt+0176 instead of Alt+0186. They both look like degree symbols to me, but one seems to display the circle a little higher up than the other. Do you know what (beside the height thing) is the difference between these two symbols? Is one of them a degree sign and the other a something else (and if a something else, what)? -- Rick (MVP - Excel) |
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Yeah, that's a good point... I only looked at Arial font.
-- Rick (MVP - Excel) "Jon Peltier" wrote in message ... Rick - It was a long time ago I settled on 0176, so I don't recall the details. I was probably using a different font, one I never use anymore, and I'm sure that also makes a difference. - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Tutorials and Custom Solutions Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com _______ "Rick Rothstein" wrote in message ... Your comment prompted me to test both of them side by side. Actually, Alt+0186 makes the larger circle (I bumped the font size up to 48 to examine them); that is the difference I didn't notice earlier... one is not higher than the other, only larger (the top of both symbols are located at the same height position; it was the size difference that made one look like it was higher than the other one). As it turns out, though, neither one of them is exactly the right one to use.<g The symbol produced from Alt+0176 is the same height as the apostrophe and quote mark symbols, but its line thickness is just ever so slightly little thinner than them. On the other hand, the symbol produced from Alt+186 is larger than the apostrophe and quote mark (about 25% so) and its line thickness is just ever so slightly heavier. At normal font sizes, I kind of think Alt+0176 looks a little bit better (but that is a highly subjective opinion). -- Rick (MVP - Excel) "Jon Peltier" wrote in message ... I've always used Alt+0176. The other always seemed to make too small a circle. - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Tutorials and Custom Solutions Peltier Technical Services, Inc. - http://PeltierTech.com _______ "Rick Rothstein" wrote in message ... To get the degree sign, hold down the ALT key and enter 0186 on the numeric keypad (to the right of the keys, NOT the numbers above the letters). Hmm! I posted the same message as you did, but I instructed the OP to use Alt+0176 instead of Alt+0186. They both look like degree symbols to me, but one seems to display the circle a little higher up than the other. Do you know what (beside the height thing) is the difference between these two symbols? Is one of them a degree sign and the other a something else (and if a something else, what)? -- Rick (MVP - Excel) |
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