Excel Magic Trick 523: Fill In Blanks With Custom Number Formatted Number

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Uploaded by on Feb 23, 2010

See how to use Go To Special Blanks to highlight all cells with Blanks. Then use Ctrl + Enter to put the same number in all cells. Then with the cells still highlighted apply Custom Number format to show an asterisk before each number.

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  • I do not know how to place a format unless something is in the cell.

    If you have a zero in each cell instead of a blank, you could use the Accounting Number format without a dollar sign and that would show a "-" for each zero.

    Accounting Number format without a dollar sign looks something like this:

    _(* #,##0.00_);_(* (#,##0.00);_(* "-"??_);_(@_)

  • what if i wan2 have a centre formatted "-" in place of a blank?

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