It depends on whether you always want to have five numbers displayed after the SN. Did you actually try them both? If you had, you would see that "SN"##### would display SN25 if you typed 25 in that cell and "SN"00000 would show SN00025 if you typed 25 in the cell. Try experimenting a little, Renee ... that is really the only way you will become an "expert" Excel user. ******************************* Linda F. Johnson Linda's Computer Stop http://personal-computer-tutor.com -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Renee Hughes Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 1:19 PM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Custom Format Excel 2003 If I want to add the text SN before a number in a cell, in the custom format box would I type "SN"##### or "SN"000000? ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu at the top. This will allow you to unsubscribe your email address or change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to share files with the group, you must join our Yahoo sister group. This group will not allow for posting of emails, but will allow you to join and share problem files, templates, etc.: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MicrosoftOffice . This group is for FILE SHARING ONLY. If you are using Outlook and you see a lot of unnecessary code in your email messages, read these instructions that explain why and how to fix it: http://personal-computer-tutor.com/abc3/v28/greg28.htm *************************************************************