Have you tried formatting as text? I have just tried doing that after the
number is entered and it works for me with Excel 2003.
> Is there a way to make a conditional custom number format? I have two
> formats that ALMOST work for what I need, but not quite. #.# works for
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> Thanks for any ideas!
GB - 01 May 2008 21:56 GMT
> Have you tried formatting as text? I have just tried doing that after the
> number is entered and it works for me with Excel 2003.
oops, no, it messes up with 200580022150.1
>> Is there a way to make a conditional custom number format? I have two
>> formats that ALMOST work for what I need, but not quite. #.# works for
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>> Thanks for any ideas!
Dawn - 01 May 2008 22:17 GMT
Thanks, indeed I have tried that -- it only works if I can find the cell, the
double click in it. THEN excel will display the field properly, and flags it
as a number formatted as text. Not very useful for a huge report like I
have, alas. I've also tried copying and pasting the column into a new column
formatted as text, I've tried clearing the formatting and reapplying, the
closest I've come is the number format solution but I just can't get it
exactly right. I am boggled that excel is making this so hard; and in
researching I can see LOTS of people run into this problem, so I'm not sure
why there is not a reasonably easy way to fix it.
> Have you tried formatting as text? I have just tried doing that after the
> number is entered and it works for me with Excel 2003.
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> > Thanks for any ideas!
GB - 02 May 2008 00:44 GMT
Try setting up a second column with =left(A1,30) (that's assuming your data
is in column A)
That seems to force a conversion to text, and then it takes the leftmost 30
digits, which is I guess enough for you - else increase it.
> Thanks, indeed I have tried that -- it only works if I can find the cell,
> the
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>> > Thanks for any ideas!
Dawn - 02 May 2008 15:56 GMT
Brillant, that works perfectly, thank you so much! I'm saved from having to
send a crazy email to my client trying to explain this weird problem, yay!
[for anyone else following the thread, if you have to get rid of the old
column that displays improperly like I do (I can't just hide it because the
number and specific order of columns is a strict formatting requirment of the
client who gets this report) I will copy the new column and "paste special"
and choose "values" which will turn it all to text, getting rid of the
formula. Then I can delete the original column that displays improperly.
This can all be done with a recorded macro (I'm no programmer!)]
> Try setting up a second column with =left(A1,30) (that's assuming your data
> is in column A)
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> >> > Thanks for any ideas!