Alignment in Custom Number Formats

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Eric

Hi all.

I have the following custom number format:

_(* #,##0_);_(* (#,##0);_(* "-"??_);_(@_)

Can anyone tell me what the "*"s do? It seems to have forcing it to center,
but I don't see it in the documentation. Thanks!

Eric
 
J

JE McGimpsey

From XL Help ("About custom number formats"):

Repeating characters To repeat the next character in the format to
fill the column width, include an asterisk (*) in the number format. For
example, type 0*- to include enough dashes after a number to fill the
 
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