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I want to do a calculation multiplying 2 cells with the result to show in a
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I want to do a calculation multiplying 2 cells with the result to show in a
3rd cell as: ###.## kg. How do I get the kg to appear?



I think this is what you need

=A1*B1&" kg"
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Format, Cells, Custom and in box type in:
#,##0 "kg"

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3rd cell as: ###.## kg. How do I get the kg to appear?
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