restrict no. of characters

matthewh

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Is there a way I can restrict no. of characters in a cell - I have a series of cells I need to restrict user input to 2 caracters, and one to 4 characters.

Tried it with LEN, but didn't work.

Thanks
 

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On 2002-05-07 00:55, matthewh wrote:
Is there a way I can restrict no. of characters in a cell - I have a series of cells I need to restrict user input to 2 caracters, and one to 4 characters.

Tried it with LEN, but didn't work.

Thanks

Have a look at Data|Validation with Text length for Allow.
 
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On 2002-05-07 00:55, matthewh wrote:
Is there a way I can restrict no. of characters in a cell - I have a series of cells I need to restrict user input to 2 caracters, and one to 4 characters.

Tried it with LEN, but didn't work.

Thanks

i think you can do this with data validation (data menu). select 'text length' on the settings tab and less than or equal to 2, or 4 or whatever
 
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