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    Adding Text to a Cell Without Stopping Workflow of Other Cells

    Hello world,

    I have a workbook that has many mathematically linked cells, and I would like to add text to some of the cells. The only method I know of doing sois adding the below at the end of the equation of the cell I want to add text to:

    > &CONCATENATE("words...texts...")

    Works great, except the formulas of the rest of other cells that are linked this cell (that I just added text to) stop working since they need a number input (instead of a number and some text).

    Is there a way I can work around this to make the other cells still be able to calculate their respective formula?

    Or is there a different way I can add text to a cell that has a formula? Is there a way to make the next cell only use part of the value of the previous cell and ignore the text?

    Thank you so much guys, I'm learning so much here.

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    Re: Adding Text to a Cell Without Stopping Workflow of Other Cells

    Suppose you have a cell, B6 with some number. To add text without concatenating use a custom number format:
    "My special text" 0.0
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    Re: Adding Text to a Cell Without Stopping Workflow of Other Cells

    This is exactly what I need, thank you for the help!

    I am a little confused though, what are you exactly typing in the cell?

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    Re: Adding Text to a Cell Without Stopping Workflow of Other Cells

    I only typed 100 in the cell itself. The custom format adds the text but the actual value of the cell is 100 to be used in other calculations. Notice that when you select the cell, only 100 appears in the formula bar.
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    Re: Adding Text to a Cell Without Stopping Workflow of Other Cells

    I see, exactly what I need, thanks for that!

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