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Excel Help Please

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dmg24
dmg24 Posts: 33,920 Forumite
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Can I ask for some help with Excel please?!

I am trying to set up a rule for the following: If I enter certain text in one column, I wish for it to automatically copy into another column.

Does that make sense?! I can do it in other columns, but not something I have tried in Excel before.

Thanks in advance!
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  • jessicamb
    jessicamb Posts: 10,446 Forumite
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    in the column you wish to copy to you can put =cell eg =a1 would return whatever was in cell a1.
    The early bird gets the worm but the second mouse gets the cheese :cool:
  • ManAtHome
    ManAtHome Posts: 8,512 Forumite
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    If you only want text (no numbers) use (eg) IF(ISTEXT(A1),A1,"") (in cell B1)
  • dmg24
    dmg24 Posts: 33,920 Forumite
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    Thanks guys,

    ManAtHome, that's just what I needed x
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  • Lakeuk
    Lakeuk Posts: 1,084 Forumite
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    ManAtHome wrote: »
    If you only want text (no numbers) use (eg) IF(ISTEXT(A1),A1,"") (in cell B1)

    Put following in cell B1 which will look at cell A1

    =IF(A1="MYTEXTMATCH",A1,"")

    replace MYTEXTMATCH with the phase you're wanting
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