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How to present "±" in a cell to show values and their standard errors in one cell??

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    How to present "±" in a cell to show values and their standard errors in one cell??

    To the most avid problem solver,

    I have two columns; values and there corresponding standard errors. I really want to find a way to show the value and the standard error in one cell, e.g. 14±3 %, so I can copy/paste straight into my word doc! Its been suggested to ctrl+P straight into word and just adjust it, but the figures are falling out a model that is always updating itself and I have tonnes of these bad-boys to go.

    So, Y4 = 14% (value)
    and Y5 = 3% (s.e.)
    and Y6 = "±" (from symbols)


    I have nailed it up to a point...

    =LEFT(Y4,4)&Y6&LEFT(Y5,4)
    = 0.14±0.03

    ...but I can't get it to show the values as percentages with a % at the end!!?? I have tried custom formatting but once I'm at this stage it won't really affect it (and it confuses me anyway).

    Any good ideas??

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    Re: How to present "±" in a cell to show values and their standard errors in one cell??

    hi thetalldude, you can try:
    =Y4*100&Y6&Y5*100&" %"

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    Re: How to present "±" in a cell to show values and their standard errors in one cell??

    beni you have done it mate!!

    It worked a treat thank you!!

    Sorry I can't press the start button because I pressed it for you too many time apparently

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