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Format cell to show colon
Is there any way that I can format a cell to insert a colon three spaces to
the left from the end of any group of numbers that I type in the a cell? Examples 9:15 10:15 Thanks in advance, Gordon |
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As confusing as it would be to do that, you can use a custom number format of
#\:## 915 will appear as 9:15, and 1015 will appear as 10:15. Is that what you wanted? Why would you do that though? Excel is very handy when dealing with time. "BigBuck98" wrote: Is there any way that I can format a cell to insert a colon three spaces to the left from the end of any group of numbers that I type in the a cell? Examples 9:15 10:15 Thanks in advance, Gordon |
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Sloth,
I have tried to format the cell with the time formats, but I can't seem to get anything to work. I just want to type in 915 and have it show 9:15 or 1015 and have it show 10:15. I there a better way to do this? Gordon "Sloth" wrote in message ... As confusing as it would be to do that, you can use a custom number format of #\:## 915 will appear as 9:15, and 1015 will appear as 10:15. Is that what you wanted? Why would you do that though? Excel is very handy when dealing with time. "BigBuck98" wrote: Is there any way that I can format a cell to insert a colon three spaces to the left from the end of any group of numbers that I type in the a cell? Examples 9:15 10:15 Thanks in advance, Gordon |
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I didn't say use a time format. Use a CUSTOM format and input this as your
custom format #\:## Then when you enter a number in the cell in will show with a ':' inserted as you described. "BigBuck98" wrote: Sloth, I have tried to format the cell with the time formats, but I can't seem to get anything to work. I just want to type in 915 and have it show 9:15 or 1015 and have it show 10:15. I there a better way to do this? Gordon "Sloth" wrote in message ... As confusing as it would be to do that, you can use a custom number format of #\:## 915 will appear as 9:15, and 1015 will appear as 10:15. Is that what you wanted? Why would you do that though? Excel is very handy when dealing with time. "BigBuck98" wrote: Is there any way that I can format a cell to insert a colon three spaces to the left from the end of any group of numbers that I type in the a cell? Examples 9:15 10:15 Thanks in advance, Gordon |
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Gordon
You can have 915 show as 9:15 using a custom format, but it will not be a valid time. Only through VBA can you quick-enter dates/times as you want. See Chip Pearson's site for this. http://www.cpearson.com/excel/DateTimeEntry.htm Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 13:16:13 -0500, "BigBuck98" wrote: Sloth, I have tried to format the cell with the time formats, but I can't seem to get anything to work. I just want to type in 915 and have it show 9:15 or 1015 and have it show 10:15. I there a better way to do this? Gordon "Sloth" wrote in message ... As confusing as it would be to do that, you can use a custom number format of #\:## 915 will appear as 9:15, and 1015 will appear as 10:15. Is that what you wanted? Why would you do that though? Excel is very handy when dealing with time. "BigBuck98" wrote: Is there any way that I can format a cell to insert a colon three spaces to the left from the end of any group of numbers that I type in the a cell? Examples 9:15 10:15 Thanks in advance, Gordon |
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Sloth,
I guess you misread my second post. I got the CUSTOM format to work the way you described. When I mentioned that I couldn't get the time format to work that was in reply to your question, "Why would you do that though? Excel is very handy when dealing with time." Before you told me how to do it, I tried various time format methods and couldn't get anything to work. I have a database for keeping my blood pressure. I take the pressure three times a day, (morning, afternoon and evening). I enter the reading and also the time taken. Thanks for your help. Gordon Sloth" wrote in message ... I didn't say use a time format. Use a CUSTOM format and input this as your custom format #\:## Then when you enter a number in the cell in will show with a ':' inserted as you described. "BigBuck98" wrote: Sloth, I have tried to format the cell with the time formats, but I can't seem to get anything to work. I just want to type in 915 and have it show 9:15 or 1015 and have it show 10:15. I there a better way to do this? Gordon "Sloth" wrote in message ... As confusing as it would be to do that, you can use a custom number format of #\:## 915 will appear as 9:15, and 1015 will appear as 10:15. Is that what you wanted? Why would you do that though? Excel is very handy when dealing with time. "BigBuck98" wrote: Is there any way that I can format a cell to insert a colon three spaces to the left from the end of any group of numbers that I type in the a cell? Examples 9:15 10:15 Thanks in advance, Gordon |
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