last four digits of a social security number

Can anyone tell me how I can reduce a social security number to the last four
digits?

elli, here is one way, with ssn in column A in B1 put =RIGHT(A1,4) and copy
down, paste valves back over your data if you need to.
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"elli" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Can anyone tell me how I can reduce a social security number to the last
> four
> digits?

To show it as a SSN, there is a Special format for that in the formatting
menu. It will show it as ..

123-45-6789

To only show four numbers, either enter only four numbers, or use a formula
....

=RIGHT(A1,4)

... where A1 is the cell which houses the SSN.

HTH

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"elli" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Can anyone tell me how I can reduce a social security number to the last
> four
> digits?