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retain formatting as an actual value
Hello,
I have a cell value formatted as Accounting 0000000000 (10 places). How can I convert this formatted value to an actual text value? Example: A1 is actually 2525, but appears as 0000002525. I want to have B1 have an actual text value of '0000002525. Thank you! Terri |
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See if this works for you:
format the cells as Text FormatCellsNumber tab Category: TEXT Then, anything you type into those cells will be treated as text. Does that help? *********** Regards, Ron "Terri" wrote: Hello, I have a cell value formatted as Accounting 0000000000 (10 places). How can I convert this formatted value to an actual text value? Example: A1 is actually 2525, but appears as 0000002525. I want to have B1 have an actual text value of '0000002525. Thank you! Terri |
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I'm sorry....my fault for not clarifying.
The cell contents will still be 2525...formatting won't change that. But, here's something to try: A1: 2525 B1: =TEXT(A1,"0000000000") Then Copy B1 Select A1 EditPaste SpecialValues Does that help? *********** Regards, Ron "Terri" wrote: Ron, Formatting as text didn't change the actual cell content. The formula bar still displays the 2525 and not the '0000002525. Any other suggestions? "Ron Coderre" wrote: See if this works for you: format the cells as Text FormatCellsNumber tab Category: TEXT Then, anything you type into those cells will be treated as text. Does that help? *********** Regards, Ron "Terri" wrote: Hello, I have a cell value formatted as Accounting 0000000000 (10 places). How can I convert this formatted value to an actual text value? Example: A1 is actually 2525, but appears as 0000002525. I want to have B1 have an actual text value of '0000002525. Thank you! Terri |
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Ron,
Formatting as text didn't change the actual cell content. The formula bar still displays the 2525 and not the '0000002525. Any other suggestions? "Ron Coderre" wrote: See if this works for you: format the cells as Text FormatCellsNumber tab Category: TEXT Then, anything you type into those cells will be treated as text. Does that help? *********** Regards, Ron "Terri" wrote: Hello, I have a cell value formatted as Accounting 0000000000 (10 places). How can I convert this formatted value to an actual text value? Example: A1 is actually 2525, but appears as 0000002525. I want to have B1 have an actual text value of '0000002525. Thank you! Terri |
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Yes, your formula works great! Thanks a million!
"Ron Coderre" wrote: I'm sorry....my fault for not clarifying. The cell contents will still be 2525...formatting won't change that. But, here's something to try: A1: 2525 B1: =TEXT(A1,"0000000000") Then Copy B1 Select A1 EditPaste SpecialValues Does that help? *********** Regards, Ron "Terri" wrote: Ron, Formatting as text didn't change the actual cell content. The formula bar still displays the 2525 and not the '0000002525. Any other suggestions? "Ron Coderre" wrote: See if this works for you: format the cells as Text FormatCellsNumber tab Category: TEXT Then, anything you type into those cells will be treated as text. Does that help? *********** Regards, Ron "Terri" wrote: Hello, I have a cell value formatted as Accounting 0000000000 (10 places). How can I convert this formatted value to an actual text value? Example: A1 is actually 2525, but appears as 0000002525. I want to have B1 have an actual text value of '0000002525. Thank you! Terri |
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