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I have a list of part number and the part number starts with 310xxxx.
How can I add " to make it "310xxxx?
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use another column with a formula of

="3100"&A1

copy it down, the copy and Paste values and remove the old column A.

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I have a list of part number and the part number starts with 310xxxx.
How can I add " to make it "310xxxx?



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I want to add an apostrophe in front of a part number

"Bob Phillips" wrote:

use another column with a formula of

="3100"&A1

copy it down, the copy and Paste values and remove the old column A.

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HTH

Bob Phillips

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I have a list of part number and the part number starts with 310xxxx.
How can I add " to make it "310xxxx?




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Did you try search/replace

310
with
"310

??

Beege


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I have a list of part number and the part number starts with 310xxxx.
How can I add " to make it "310xxxx?



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Sorry, then just use ="'"&A1

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I want to add an apostrophe in front of a part number

"Bob Phillips" wrote:

use another column with a formula of

="3100"&A1

copy it down, the copy and Paste values and remove the old column A.

--
HTH

Bob Phillips

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"chiuinggum" wrote in message
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I have a list of part number and the part number starts with 310xxxx.
How can I add " to make it "310xxxx?






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