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[Big Boss]

How do I prefix a character to all all the filled in cells in a column

[Andy Brown]

"Big Boss" <Big [email protected]> wrote in message
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> How do I prefix a character to all all the filled in cells in a column

To do this with a formula, use e.g.

=IF(A1<>"","X"&A1,"")

in a spare column and drag it down.

If you want to go on to replace the originals, copy the formulas, then use
Edit -- Paste Special -- Values.

[Big Boss]

Thank you for responding to my query. I guess I was not clear. My apologies.
I will rephraze my question.

I have data (numbers and text) in 20 cells A1 to A20 and I want to add "-"
in the front of contents of A1 to A20. How do I do it without using F2?

Thanks
Big Boss

"Andy Brown" wrote:

> "Big Boss" <Big [email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > How do I prefix a character to all all the filled in cells in a column
>
> To do this with a formula, use e.g.
>
> =IF(A1<>"","X"&A1,"")
>
> in a spare column and drag it down.
>
> If you want to go on to replace the originals, copy the formulas, then use
> Edit -- Paste Special -- Values.
>
>
>

[Andy Brown]

"Big Boss" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I have data (numbers and text) in 20 cells A1 to A20 and I want to add "-"
> in the front of contents of A1 to A20. How do I do it without using F2?

Select B1:B20, then type:

="-"&

Then click on A1, then press CTRL+Enter.

Refer to previous reply for how to convert these from formulas to actual
values.

[Ron Rosenfeld]

On Wed, 10 Aug 2005 01:29:04 -0700, "Big Boss" <Big
[email protected]> wrote:

>How do I prefix a character to all all the filled in cells in a column

Select the cells.

Format/Number/Custom Type: -0;-0;-0;-@


--ron