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Old June 15th, 2004, 09:05 PM
Ben
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Can you set a text up to display number's in foot and
inches example 12 would appear as 1' 13 would appear as
1'1' etc.?

Thanks,

Ben
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Old June 15th, 2004, 10:12 PM
Frank Kabel
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Default Formatting Cell Text

Hi Ben
this is not possible with formtas. You have to use a helper column for
this. see Chip's site for some more information:
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/fractional.htm

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Frank Kabel
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Ben wrote:
Can you set a text up to display number's in foot and
inches example 12 would appear as 1' 13 would appear as
1'1' etc.?

Thanks,

Ben


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Old June 15th, 2004, 10:28 PM
Ben
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Thanks, Frank.

Ben
-----Original Message-----
Hi Ben
this is not possible with formtas. You have to use a

helper column for
this. see Chip's site for some more information:
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/fractional.htm

--
Regards
Frank Kabel
Frankfurt, Germany


Ben wrote:
Can you set a text up to display number's in foot and
inches example 12 would appear as 1' 13 would appear as
1'1' etc.?

Thanks,

Ben


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