Converting 'General' formatted cells to Text formatted cell using.

How do I send data from a 'General' formatted cell to a 'text' formatted
cell? The end result required is a cell in 'text' format displaying the sent
data.

I wish to use a formula to do this, instead of using right-click, format
cells, select 'Text' as format.

Zahid

Assuming the number 1234.78 in A1 formatted as General.

In B1 enter =TEXT(A1,"0.00")

BTW....you can't "send" data from one cell to another using a formula.

You can only return a value into a cell which has the formula.


Gord Dibben Excel MVP

On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 10:31:05 -0800, "Zahid Khan" <Zahid
[email protected]> wrote:

>How do I send data from a 'General' formatted cell to a 'text' formatted
>cell? The end result required is a cell in 'text' format displaying the sent
>data.
>
>I wish to use a formula to do this, instead of using right-click, format
>cells, select 'Text' as format.
>