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Format it as Text.

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Right clickFormatCellsCustomType: "*" (in double quotes)

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You can use "*" or shorter \* but this may not be acceptable since it will
cause cells containing negative numbers to return -* (minus astericks)

The following custom format might prove more to you needs:

\*;\*;\*

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Hi, I need to display as * in the cell instead of value.. How to format that?


Try this in cell custom format:

"*";"*";"*";"*"


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