Adding numbers to current numbers

I have a current set of thousands of numbers and I need to put 54- in front
of the existing numbers, is there an easy way I can do this instead of
manually going into the cells one by one?

Need to clarify:-

Is this to be a calc, eg =54-20 or is this to be text, eg 54-2131-21-xyz

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Ken....................... Microsoft MVP - Excel
Sys Spec - Win XP Pro / XL 97/00/02/03

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"mk" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I have a current set of thousands of numbers and I need to put 54- in
front
> of the existing numbers, is there an easy way I can do this instead of
> manually going into the cells one by one?

Assuming your numbers are in columnA, put this in B1 and copy down.........

="54-"&A1

This will result in a TEXT number..........like a part number or item
number, but not something you can do math with.
Then you can Copy > PasteSpecial > Values on column B and delete column A if
you wish.

Vaya con Dios,
Chuck, CABGx3



"mk" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I have a current set of thousands of numbers and I need to put 54- in
front
> of the existing numbers, is there an easy way I can do this instead of
> manually going into the cells one by one?