Forum home » Delegate support and help forum » Microsoft Excel Training and help » Formatting Cells

Formatting Cells

ResolvedVersion 2003

Wed 1 Oct 2008, 16:49 Delegate Antonia said...

Antonia has attended:
Excel Intermediate course

Formatting Cells

For some reason when I used custom to format a cell with "sort code "xx-xx-xx the cell formatted my data with sort code -11-11 and skipped the first 2 numbers... what do I do?

Fri 3 Oct 2008, 17:02 Trainer Amanda said...

RE: Formatting Cells

Hi Antonia

Thank you for your question and welcome to the forum.

Do the sort codes you are entering contain any zeros?

Amanda

Fri 3 Oct 2008, 17:04 Delegate Antonia said...

RE: Formatting Cells

Hi Amanda,

Thank you for your response.

No, they do not contain any zeroes.

Mon 6 Oct 2008, 09:55 Trainer Amanda said...

RE: Formatting Cells

Hi Antonia

Try setting ##-##-## as the custom number format for the cells you are entering the sort code into.

Amanda

Excel tip:

Make a quick copy of a worksheet

Hold down the Ctrl key, then click and drag on a sheet tab to make a copy of that sheet. Though this process usefully copies the formats of the original sheet, note that any Range Names you have on the original sheet will be duplicated too.

To make a copy of a worksheet's contents and formats without duplicating range names: (1) Ensure that you have a blank worksheet to paste to. (2) On the sheet to copy, click on the sheet selection square to the left of Column A's heading to select the whole sheet. (2) Copy the whole sheet. (3) Paste to the blank worksheet.

View all Excel hints and tips