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Formatting help needed
I have started an extremely basic sheet and only want to put opening times of
buildings, eg.. 2 - 5 but cannot get rid of 2-May. I've tried using general in category but still get 2-May instead of 2 - 5. Can you help? -- Lynne Mawson Manchester |
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Formatting help needed
Try changing the formatting to Text. You will need to retype it in.
"Lynne Mawson" wrote: I have started an extremely basic sheet and only want to put opening times of buildings, eg.. 2 - 5 but cannot get rid of 2-May. I've tried using general in category but still get 2-May instead of 2 - 5. Can you help? -- Lynne Mawson Manchester |
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Formatting help needed
One way would be to use a formula and then copy/paste to value
=MONTH(G6)&" - "&DAY(G6) -- Don Guillett SalesAid Software "Lynne Mawson" wrote in message ... I have started an extremely basic sheet and only want to put opening times of buildings, eg.. 2 - 5 but cannot get rid of 2-May. I've tried using general in category but still get 2-May instead of 2 - 5. Can you help? -- Lynne Mawson Manchester |
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Formatting help needed
Hi Lynne,
You can put a single apostrophe ' before expressions that are potentially 'mathematical' e.g. they start with a number or dash (minus sign) if you would like them to be treated as text: '2 - 5 instead of 2 - 5 Anthony "Lynne Mawson" wrote: I have started an extremely basic sheet and only want to put opening times of buildings, eg.. 2 - 5 but cannot get rid of 2-May. I've tried using general in category but still get 2-May instead of 2 - 5. Can you help? -- Lynne Mawson Manchester |
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precede it with an apostrophe '
'2 - 5 -- HTH Bob Phillips (replace somewhere in email address with gmail if mailing direct) "Lynne Mawson" wrote in message ... I have started an extremely basic sheet and only want to put opening times of buildings, eg.. 2 - 5 but cannot get rid of 2-May. I've tried using general in category but still get 2-May instead of 2 - 5. Can you help? -- Lynne Mawson Manchester |
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