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Old August 4th, 2004, 10:23 AM
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Is there a way to change zip codes in a spreadsheet to
only display 5 digits?
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Old August 4th, 2004, 10:38 AM
Jazzer
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Hi,

Use custom cell format 00000. This will add leading zeros, if the code
is shorter than 5 digits.

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Old August 4th, 2004, 11:55 AM
Jerry W. Lewis
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=LEFT(zipcode,5) will strip off the extended codes.

Jerry

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Is there a way to change zip codes in a spreadsheet to
only display 5 digits?


 




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