Thank you so much! It is the information I was looking for. This is my first
time using the discussion group. I am extreamly impressed.
Thanks again,
Mark

"Niek Otten" wrote:

Look he

http://www.cpearson.com/excel/latlong.htm

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Kind regards,

Niek Otten
Microsoft MVP - Excel

"Mark" wrote in message ...
|I am having difficulty entering data in a cell as Longitude or Latititude. Is
| there a way to format a cell for these? If not, how do I indicate the
| minutes? I found the degree symbol but I don't know how to enter it without
| going to 'insert symbol' each time I want to use it. I need the entries to be
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|
| Any help would be appreciated by this computer rookie.
|