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I can't get a column of numbers, 9999999999, to format as a phone number,
(999) 999-9999. I've tried phone number format, as well as what I found in
this discussion group and nothing has worked. Any new suggestions?

You may try a formula like this:
=TEXT(A1,quot;(###) ###-####quot;)

Hope this helps,
Miguel.

quot;tfanatikquot; wrote:

gt; I can't get a column of numbers, 9999999999, to format as a phone number,
gt; (999) 999-9999. I've tried phone number format, as well as what I found in
gt; this discussion group and nothing has worked. Any new suggestions?

It seems like your phone quot;numberquot; is actually numeric text.

Try this:
Select the cell(s)
Format them to Phone Number
lt;fomatgt;lt;cellsgt;lt;number tabgt;
Category: Special
Type: phone number

While the cells are still selected...
lt;datagt;lt;text-to-columnsgt;Click [Finish]

Does that help?
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Regards,
Ron

XL2002, WinXPquot;tfanatikquot; wrote:

gt; I can't get a column of numbers, 9999999999, to format as a phone number,
gt; (999) 999-9999. I've tried phone number format, as well as what I found in
gt; this discussion group and nothing has worked. Any new suggestions?

Most likely 9999999999 is stored in your column as texts not numbers.
First convert them to numbers then use phone number format.

To convert to numbers, try this:
1) In any cell type number 1;
2) Press Ctrl C to copy the cell;
3) Select the whole range which contains the text which you want to convert
to numbers;
4) Go to menu: Edit/Paste Special, check Paste -gt; Values, Operation -gt;
Multiple.
This will multiply all cells by 1 and automatically convert those texts into
numbers.

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Best regards,
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Yongjun CHEN
www.XLDataSoft.com

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quot;tfanatikquot; gt; wrote in message
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gt;I can't get a column of numbers, 9999999999, to format as a phone number,
gt; (999) 999-9999. I've tried phone number format, as well as what I found in
gt; this discussion group and nothing has worked. Any new suggestions?
And yet another way......

=quot;(quot;amp;LEFT(A1,3)amp;quot;) quot;amp;MID(A1,4,3)amp;quot;-quot;amp;RIGHT(A1,4)

Vaya con Dios,
Chuck, CABGx3
quot;tfanatikquot; wrote:

gt; I can't get a column of numbers, 9999999999, to format as a phone number,
gt; (999) 999-9999. I've tried phone number format, as well as what I found in
gt; this discussion group and nothing has worked. Any new suggestions?