Hi there,
I am working on some data cleanup for some video. I have a lot of time code data, ie. mm:ss (minutes; seconds), and I need to convert it to hh:mm:ss:ff (hhi is hours; ff is frames). It's A LOT of data, and I don't want to do it by hand. Examples:
2:02
0:55
2:18
2:55
1:41
1:20
1:44
I have two quesxtion:
1. Excel wants to interpret my data as time data and will convert my data if I click on a cell, ie. 2:02 is converted to 2:02:00 AM. That might not be so bad, but sometimes it changes a time that is 00:55 to 12:55:00. So, my first question is...how do I make excel read the numbers exactly as is w/o any conversion? I've tried to mark the cells as Text but that doesn't work, and I can't seem to make a Custom format work. Any ideas?
2. Ideally, I'd like to quickly convert these timecodes to hh:mm:ss:ff. Would macro work on this? So, I'd be taking 2:02 and making it 00:02:02:00. I think I need to solve #1 before I tackle #2, but i could be wrong.
Thanks in advance for any tips or ideas. I have about 1k rows...so to do this by hand would really stink.
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