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» Combining Text and Formatted Values

CATEGORY: Excel Editing

VERSIONS: All Microsoft Excel Versions

To combine text with a formatted value:

1. In cell A1, enter the text IBM owe Limelight Media Inc.
2. In cell A2, enter the number 4222.
3. In cell A3, enter the text for services supplied in March 2004.
4. In cell A5, enter the formula:
=A1&" "& TEXT(A2,"$ #,##0") &" "&A3

To format the number to present it in thousands:

Change the number format to "$ #, K":
=A1&" "& TEXT(A2,"$#, K") &" "&A3

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Combing Text and Formatted Values
Stephanie Davis wrote on December 31, 1969 19:00 EST

Great Tip, but how would you combine text with dates? They come out as numbers???? I want a start date Jan 1, 2006 and Jan 3, 2006 to be combined to read Jan 1 - 3, 2006 OR at least Jan 1 - Jan 3, 2006. Test is the dash.

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