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Hello, I have a series of 16 numbers and would like to insert spaces or
dashes. Is there a formula that can be used to accomplish this task. My
number appears from the report as: pp234567890123. I would like
pp2-345-678901-23. Thanks for your time.
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Use the LEFT, MID and RIGHT functions
=left(a2,3)&"-"&mid(etc

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Hello, I have a series of 16 numbers and would like to insert spaces or
dashes. Is there a formula that can be used to accomplish this task. My
number appears from the report as: pp234567890123. I would like
pp2-345-678901-23. Thanks for your time.



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