Formatting cells for text and numbers

[CMEknit]

I'm trying to format cells so that I can enter 'F0708' and have it display as
'F-07-08'.

Is there a way to do this? I'm totally stumped. Thanks.

 

[xlmate]

if your data is always a alpha and follow by 4 numberic characters
as in your example F0708

try this formula

=LEFT(A2,1)&"-"&MID(A2,2,2)&"-"&RIGHT(A2,2)

this will give you F-07-08

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cheers, francis

 

[Shane Devenshire]

Hi,

Before you get carried away with this idea consider

Jan 1 2009, Jun 1 2009 and Jul 1, 2009

In you nomenclature these would all get
J0109

That's probably a bad idea. August and April start with A, March and May
with M.