Another excel question in Microsoft Help http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r17666581 en Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:19:03 EDT Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:19:03 EDT Re: Another excel question http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17667513 H2OuUp2 : I took it you were wanting to enter .75 in a cell and want 1/1.33 to display in the cell, correct?

If you want to enter .75 in one cell, and have 1/1.33 display in another cell, then either version will work. If you want it to appear in the cell you typed in I believe you will need to use VBA to accomplish the task.
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He is no fool who gives up what he cannot keep, to gain what he cannot lose. - Jim Elliot]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17667513 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 19:38:13 EDT Re: Another excel question http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17667477 AlphaOne : Lol.
I misunderstood the problem and tried something else:

=IF(A1="","",CONCATENATE("1/",ROUND((1/(MOD(A1,1))),2)))

It turned out the result is the same as efrem See Profile's. His is much simpler though! :)

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something incredible is waiting to be known - Carl Sagan ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17667477 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 19:31:23 EDT Re: Another excel question http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17667454 philfna : efrem that did it thanks a lot!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17667454 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 19:26:41 EDT Re: Another excel question http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17667426 philfna : True, but none of the selections offer the default to display the numerator as one. They only dictate how many digits in the denominator.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17667426 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 19:19:34 EDT Re: Another excel question http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17667390 H2OuUp2 : Sorry, didn't see the 1/ part :(
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He is no fool who gives up what he cannot keep, to gain what he cannot lose. - Jim Elliot]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17667390 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 19:13:10 EDT Re: Another excel question http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17667314 efrem :
said by philfna See Profile :

I was actually for the number not just the formatting...thanks for trying :-)
If I understand your request (and that's a real if), how about this:

="1 / "&ROUND(1/A1,2)

So if you have 0.75 in Cell A1 and that formula in Cell B1, then Cell B1 will display 1 / 1.33 .

Does that give you both the number AND the format you want?
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17667314 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 18:57:22 EDT Re: Another excel question http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17667141 AlphaOne : Did my solution work?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17667141 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 18:29:40 EDT Re: Another excel question http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17666951 philfna : I was actually for the number not just the formatting...thanks for trying :-)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17666951 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 17:57:49 EDT Re: Another excel question http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17666852 pog : You could also enter custom formatting:

1\/#

From the menu, click format|cells and enter this into the "type" field. I use an old version of Excel here so your version's GUI layout may be different.

Note, the value of the cell is unchanged... it still equals your X
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=IF(A1="","",CONCATENATE("1/",A1))

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something incredible is waiting to be known - Carl Sagan ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17666733 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 17:23:09 EDT Re: Another excel question http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17666704 AlphaOne : If you're just interested in text:

=CONCATENATE("1/",A1)

Where column A has the value for the divisor.

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something incredible is waiting to be known - Carl Sagan ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17666704 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 17:19:23 EDT Another excel question http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17666581 philfna : Everyone was so hopeful with my last question. I have another...

How do I display a decimal as a fraction with a numerator of one? (I use fractions as a way to display ratios. I am trying to show a ratio of 1 to X, or as it would be displayed, 1/X.)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,17666581 Thu, 18 Jan 2007 16:57:33 EDT