apostrophe

how can i insert an apostrophe in front of numbers in a column so that they are now recognized as text. I have an entire column and can't seem to use concat or other functions to accomplish this.

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Riny_van_Eekelen
Dec 17, 2021
TonyA730 Alternatively, just use "Text to Columns" (TTC) on the Data ribbon. Select the range of numbers (column wise) you want to convert to text. Press the TTC button. "Next", "Next" (i.e. change nothing in steps 1 and 2. Then in step 3 of 3, select Text as the data type. Press Finish.
The numbers will now be texts (left aligned), no apostrophes needed and no need to format the cells as text either.

HansVogelaar

MVP

Dec 16, 2021

TonyA730

Select the range, then run the following macro:

Sub Apostrophe()
    Dim rng As Range
    Application.ScreenUpdating = False
    For Each rng In Selection
        If rng.Value <> "" Then
            rng.Value = "'" & rng.Value
        End If
    Next rng
    Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub

TonyA730

Copper Contributor

Dec 17, 2021

Thank you very much for taking time to help! It is appreciated.

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