I am trying to set up a spreadsheet in Excel to record my weight, but if I
enter, for example, 12:05 to indicate 12 stone 5 pounds, it thinks this is a
time. Any suggestions?

Hi

One thing you could do is enter the values in adjacent columns
Enter 12 in column A
Format column BCellsNumberCustom00AlignmentHorizontalLef t
Select columns A and BFormatColumnsWidth2.45

If you are trying to show gains or losses, then you would need to be using a
custom formula anyway to deal with Stones and pounds, so separate columns
might help.
In cell C2
=((A2*14)+B2)-((A1*14)+B1)
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Regards
Roger Govier

"Southwaterdave" wrote in message
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I am trying to set up a spreadsheet in Excel to record my weight, but if I
enter, for example, 12:05 to indicate 12 stone 5 pounds, it thinks this is
a
time. Any suggestions?

Since a stone is about 14 pounds, enter:
12 5/14

Note only a single space between the integer and the fraction.
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Gary''s Student - gsnu200841


"Southwaterdave" wrote:

I am trying to set up a spreadsheet in Excel to record my weight, but if I
enter, for example, 12:05 to indicate 12 stone 5 pounds, it thinks this is a
time. Any suggestions?