Custom Formatting

[cliff]

Hi, I need to format text and numbers, but I keep messing up.
For example, I want to format
A12345678901 so that it will appear as
A123-4567-8901

Please help?

 

[Gary''s Student]

Start with 12345678901 in a cell. Then:

Format > Cells > Custom > "A"000-0000-0000

Don't manually enter the "A", let the formatting do it.

 

[Frank]

Assuming the original numbers are always 1 alpha and 10 numeric digits, this
should work...

=LEFT(D6,1) & TEXT(VALUE(RIGHT(D6,9)),"000-0000-0000")

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