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  1. 11-04-2013, 10:30 AM #1
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    Copy cell with single apostrophe, "paste as values" returns two apostrophes?

    Hello everyone,

    I'm a little confused this morning. Here is the scenario:

    Column A is formatted as text because I need trailing zero's to show up because I am dealing with part numbers. There is no apostrophe present in any cell in this column.
    Column B has the formula ="'"&A2 because I need a single apostrophe in front of this number to paste in "general" format for vlookups.
    Column C I use to paste the entire Column B as a "value" (formatted general), but instead I am given two apostrophes instead of one preceding the number.

    Hopefully an easy fix. Any thoughts?
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    Re: Copy cell with single apostrophe, "paste as values" returns two apostrophes?

    you should'nt have to do that,
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    Re: Copy cell with single apostrophe, "paste as values" returns two apostrophes?

    what are you actually trying to do ,what are you trying to lookup? got some samples?
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    Re: Copy cell with single apostrophe, "paste as values" returns two apostrophes?

    If you format column C as Text and them copy from column A and paste to column C values only you will have trailing zeros in place with a single apostrophe.
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