Help in formating cells

E

ExcelNubee

I'm running into a brain buster for my simple mind.
I want to be able to put an number into a cell, but have a word sho
instead. Is this possible? For example: in Cell A1, I will typ
"000053", but would like "Frontier" to show. Any help will be greatl
appreciated, for this might show my CEO that I might know somethin
they don't
 
P

Peo Sjoblom

Make a table with the numbers in one column then another column with what
the numbers represent
put them somewhere of the visible area, in for instance numbers in Y1:Y50
and text in Z1:Z50

then use


=IF(A1="","",VLOOKUP(A1,Y1:Z50,2,0))

if you put that formula in C2 then type the number in A1

note that leading zeros does not matter if the numbers are really numbers,
however if you format Y1:Y50 and A1 as text you can use leading zeros and
they will have an impact
--

Regards,

Peo Sjoblom

Northwest Excel Solutions

www.nwexcelsolutions.com

(remove ^^ from email address)

Portland, Oregon
 
L

L. Howard Kittle

If you want the word to appear in A1 after entering a number in A1, try
using Auto Correct under Tools.

HTH
Regards,
Howard
 
Top