concatenate formulas

In my formula I copied a cell that was formatted with a percentage. When I
finished the concatenate formula the cell that was input was in a decimal
format. How do I keep the format of the cell when linking it to the
concatenate formula?

If it is a numeric cell (rather than text) Excel uses the base numeric format
when you convert it to string in a formula. But you can specify the format
by using the TEXT function - if the value in A1 is your percentage you could
do this:
="The resulting rate is "&TEXT(A1,"##0.0%")
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- K Dales


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> In my formula I copied a cell that was formatted with a percentage. When I
> finished the concatenate formula the cell that was input was in a decimal
> format. How do I keep the format of the cell when linking it to the
> concatenate formula?

=TEXT(A1,"0%")&B1

as an example

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HTH

Bob Phillips

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> In my formula I copied a cell that was formatted with a percentage. When
I
> finished the concatenate formula the cell that was input was in a decimal
> format. How do I keep the format of the cell when linking it to the
> concatenate formula?