Format Special Text

mcmahobt

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I'm running XL version 2010.

I have a question about formatting for a special text character. If I have values such as 3.6.9 and 3.6.10 that correspond to product versions, is there a way to format the special text editor to have the numbers after the second decimal treat them as 9<10, while not having to add a zero before the .9?

Currently, I have the solution of #.#.## as the fix, but this returns 3.6.09 and 3.6.10, not exactly what I want.

Any help is appreciated!
 

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I'm running XL version 2010.

I have a question about formatting for a special text character. If I have values such as 3.6.9 and 3.6.10 that correspond to product versions, is there a way to format the special text editor to have the numbers after the second decimal treat them as 9<10, while not having to add a zero before the .9?

Currently, I have the solution of #.#.## as the fix, but this returns 3.6.09 and 3.6.10, not exactly what I want.

Any help is appreciated!

Are you typing the numbers in without the decimals 369 for the one and 3610 for the other. and you want the formatting to make it look like the values are 3.6.9 and 3.6.10?
 
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Sky,

No, I am not. The numbers are inserted into the reference cell as #.#.#

So for example, I may have a product that's a series 3, version 2, iteration 8 - or 3.2.8

The problem is that for some products, I get all the way up to an iteration of 10, or say from using the previous example: A product that is a series 3, version 2, iteration 10 - or 3.2.10

The problem is that when I have excel treat the text as a specially formatted type of #.#.# it assumes that the .8 portion of the product identification is greater than the .10 - which it is in reality, but not for my purposes. Herein lies the problem, since I inherited the spreadsheet from a coworker and am limited to that specific form of presenting the product status.
 
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