repeating periods?

how do you put repeating periods after your text without typing each period?

Select the cell(s)

Click Format > Cells > Custom
In the "Type:" box, enter: @*.
(Include the single period "." just after the "@*")

If you put it as: @*-
it'll repeat the dash character: "-"
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"austin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> how do you put repeating periods after your text without typing each
period?