Custom Number Format

J

Julia Easter

Hi I have a column in Excel that needs to be converted as
follows, I think I can do this using "Format" - "Cells" -
"Custom Number" but am not sure what to type in so it
keeps the first character as text followed by 5 digits
(adding a zero to the end)

Account number:-

A4578
B6789
C6892
E8900

The account numbers need to become 6 digit (zero at the
end) but retain the starting letter

HELP!
Ta
Julia
 
J

JE McGimpsey

If you just want to display the value with an added zero, use

Format/Cells/Number/Custom @"0"

You can convert the numbers using a helper column:

=A1&"0"
 

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