Hi Tammy
if you only need to change the way they look (ie you're not exporting them or using them in a function or anything) then this can be achieved by a custom format select the cells, choose format / cells, under the number tab choose custom you should see the word General in the white line on the right change it to read "**"@ Cheers JulieD "Tammy Singer" <Tammy wrote in message ... Is there a way to insert a standard character before each cell of a predetermined column? For example, the info in the field says C01. I need for it to say **C01. It would take me hours to manually put a ** in one thousand records in the column. Any help would be great! Thans. |
Insert a standard character in a cell of excel.
Is there a way to insert a standard character before each cell of a
predetermined column? For example, the info in the field says C01. I need for it to say **C01. It would take me hours to manually put a ** in one thousand records in the column. Any help would be great! Thans. |
If your data is in column A add a column B and enter this formula in cell B1
="**"&A1 . Then fill this formula down the column. Copy column B paste special values into column A then delete column B. Carlos "Tammy Singer" <Tammy wrote in message ... Is there a way to insert a standard character before each cell of a predetermined column? For example, the info in the field says C01. I need for it to say **C01. It would take me hours to manually put a ** in one thousand records in the column. Any help would be great! Thans. |
Thanks Julie,
I don't see where under general you can change the white line to put in ** as a prefix. I see special and custom but they are pre determined characters and formulas. Is there a way to set up a prefix in custom? Any additional help would be great. Thanks. "JulieD" wrote: Hi Tammy if you only need to change the way they look (ie you're not exporting them or using them in a function or anything) then this can be achieved by a custom format select the cells, choose format / cells, under the number tab choose custom you should see the word General in the white line on the right change it to read "**"@ Cheers JulieD "Tammy Singer" <Tammy wrote in message ... Is there a way to insert a standard character before each cell of a predetermined column? For example, the info in the field says C01. I need for it to say **C01. It would take me hours to manually put a ** in one thousand records in the column. Any help would be great! Thans. |
Julie,
Thank you so much for your help. I DID IT. :-) "JulieD" wrote: Hi Tammy choose custom, on the right you have a white line and a box (generally has the word "general" in it).. in the white line delete whatever's there and just type "**"@ Cheers JulieD "Tammy Singer" <Tammy wrote in message ... Thanks Julie, I don't see where under general you can change the white line to put in ** as a prefix. I see special and custom but they are pre determined characters and formulas. Is there a way to set up a prefix in custom? Any additional help would be great. Thanks. "JulieD" wrote: Hi Tammy if you only need to change the way they look (ie you're not exporting them or using them in a function or anything) then this can be achieved by a custom format select the cells, choose format / cells, under the number tab choose custom you should see the word General in the white line on the right change it to read "**"@ Cheers JulieD "Tammy Singer" <Tammy wrote in message ... Is there a way to insert a standard character before each cell of a predetermined column? For example, the info in the field says C01. I need for it to say **C01. It would take me hours to manually put a ** in one thousand records in the column. Any help would be great! Thans. |
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