Setting up a cell that contains text and a data reference?

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Melanie - 28 Feb 2007 14:49 GMT

I believe there is a way to set up a cell so that I can have text and a
formula in the same cell.

For example, I want to have a cell say "for the period ended (ref)". and
the reference would be to another cell on the worksheet.

any help?

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Mike - 28 Feb 2007 15:00 GMT

Not sure exactly what you mean but in any cell

="for the period ended "&A1

would concatenate whatever was in A1 to the end of the string.

Does that work?

Mike

> I believe there is a way to set up a cell so that I can have text and a
> formula in the same cell.
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Teethless mama - 28 Feb 2007 15:01 GMT

"for the period ended "&Sheet2!A1

> I believe there is a way to set up a cell so that I can have text and a
> formula in the same cell.
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> any help?

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Daveo - 28 Feb 2007 15:14 GMT

Hi Melanie,

If the (ref) part is a date, you will need use something like the
following formula:

="For the period ended " & DAY(B1)&"/"&MONTH(B1)&"/"&YEAR(B1)

Where B1 is the cell with the ref in it.

Otherwise, excel will just display the date as a number e.g. "For the
period ended 86928"

Cheers - David

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Dave Peterson - 28 Feb 2007 15:32 GMT

Or just:
="For the period ended " & text(b1,"dd/mm/yyyy")

> Hi Melanie,
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Daveo - 28 Feb 2007 15:41 GMT

Aaah! Cheers for that Dave. I couldnt find the worksheet function
equivalent of Format().

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