Cell Formatting

alm395

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I don't know why I cannot remember how to do this...but...

I have a time cell and I just want to type "1753" in the cell and for it to display as "17:53". How do I have it automatically add the ":" to that cell?
 

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Hi

Excel custom number:

#?\:??

or

#0\:??
 
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Excel custom number:

#?\:??

or

#0\:??
Personal preference... I would use zeros instead of question marks and I would drop the leading hash sign as it does nothing for the format there. I would also note that the above format will allow non-valid values to be entered and have the colon inserted (9999 for example). With these comments in mind, perhaps this might be a better Custom Format to use...

[<=0]"Error";[<2400]0\:00;"Error"
 
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