Converting number to written number

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Brian Vargo

Our business software doesn't allow us to easily print off a quick
cheque to payees that are not first established as vendors. I am
trying to set up an excel cheque template to allow me to manually print
off a cheque that I can later enter into our system.

I would like to enter the amount in one cell and have another cell
where that amount is converted automatically to a written
representation of the number. (ie: ***One thousand, three hundred and
twelve and 19/100 dollars***). I suspect that I would need to create a
macro that would peel off each individual digit and convert it to a
"text" digit, then combine all the text digits. Then fill remaining
room in the cell with "*" characters.

Am I on the right track? Does anyone have such a thing or know where I
could download it from?
 
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Ken Wright

The following is a nice comprehensive answer compiled by Norman Harker.

You should try a Google search for questions as you might imagine that this
is a fairly common question.

See:

XL2000: How to Convert a Numeric Value into English Words
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q213360&

and:

XL: How to Convert a Numeric Value into English Words
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q140704&

and:

(courtesy of a cut and paste from a Tom Ogilvy post):

If you want an addin that provides a worksheet function that does this,
download Laurent Longre's free morefunc.xll addin found here:

http://longre.free.fr/english/

It is downloaded in a zip file which also contains an informative file in
'hlp' format that describes the 33 or so very useful functions included, one
of which does the number to words conversion you describe (supports various
languages and currencies).


and:
(Courtesy of Andy Wiggins FCCA) of www.BygSoftware.com

This file might be a help:
http://www.bygsoftware.com/examples/zipfiles/num2wrds.zip

It's in the "Accountants" section on page:
http://www.bygsoftware.com/examples/examples.htm
It contains two methods to convert numbers to words and two check writing
routines.

The code is open and commented.

And, finally:

http://groups.google.com/[email protected]

A post containing a UDF by Bernie Deitrick that will take you into US budget
territory by covering amounts into trillions.
 

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