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How To Change Or Convert Number To Text In Excel?

Sometimes you may not want the numbers in the cells getting involved in calculating, or you may
want to display leading zeros in numbers in cells. For doing so, you may need to change a number
into text. The following methods can convert numbers in cells to text in Excel.

Convert number to text with Text function

Convert number to text with Format Cells command

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If you are familiar with Microsoft Excel's formulas, you can convert numbers in cells to text with Text
function.

If you just only want to convert the number to text without any formatting, you can use the formula:
=TEXT(A1,"0");

1. In cell E1, please enter the formula =TEXT(A1,"0").

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2. Then press Enter key. And select the cell E1, drag the fill handle over the range of cells that you
want to apply this formula.See screenshot:

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Note: As the data is formula, you can change the formulas to values. Copy the cells and right-click
where you want to paste the values and select Paste special > Values.

If you want to display the leading zero in numbers, you can use this formula: =TEXT(A1,"00000");
such as convert 23 to 00023.

As the above steps, if you apply this formula, you will get the following result:

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And if you want to convert the numbers to text which keep several decimal digits, you can use this
formula: =TEXT(A1,"0.000"). Such as convert 23 to 23.000.

Also with above steps, if you apply this formula, you will get the result as the following screenshots:
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Note: you can define the text style. For example, if you want to convert the numbers to text with a
telephone number format, you can replace the "000" with "00-00000", or others.

Convert Number To Text With Format Cells Command

Microsoft Excel's Format Cells command is also able to convert numbers to text.

1. Select the numbers that you want to convert to text.

2. Right click the selected range, and choose the Format Cells item from context menu. See
screenshot:

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3. In the Format Cells dialog box, select the Text item in the Category box under Number tab, and
then click the OK button. See screenshot:

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4. Then numbers in selected range are converted into text.

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After installing Kutools for Excel, please do as below:

1. Select the range with numbers that you want to change to text.

2. Click Kutools > Content > Convert between Text and Number. See screenshot:

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3. In the Convert between Text and Number dialog box, check the Number to text option, and then
click the OK or Apply button. And all numbers have been converted to text in the original range. See
screenshot:

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Ramesh · 9 months ago

When I entered Numbers in Cell Eg : 150 the will written as One hundred and fifty
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mary · 1 years ago

how translate staff id to text as "filled" and vice versa for nil staff ID to 'vacant"

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Sikhar Chakravarty · 1 years ago

i m a novice. text in cells read as 1234 5678 1234 i.e with a space bet each 4 digit clusters. how can i
compress it as 123456781234 ?

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Ata Biabani · 11 months ago

=SUBSTITUTE(A1," ","")

Where A1 is reference cell for 1234 5678 1234

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Stéphane Degrémont · 3 months ago

Great tip thanks. Now FYI this didn't work at first for me, as for some reason it didn't recognize the
space.. but when I cut and pasted the "space" from the source (cut-and-pasted financial values from
a web page) instead of pressing the space bar it worked fine.

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Ata Biabani · 3 months ago

It might be another Character that appears like the Space character. When you copy and paste data
from external sources such as websites, unwanted characters will come across with different ASCII
codes that may look like the Space character.

The above formula meant to remove only the Space character from your string. Space character
means the value of the Char(32) on the ASCII values.

Best would be to modify the formula as =SUBSTITUTE(A1,CHAR(32),"")

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Vinay Prajapati · 1 years ago

Try Using =CONCATENATE("",LEFT(H20,4),MID(H20,6,4),RIGHT(H20,4))

Whereis H20 is reference cell for 1234 5678 1234

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Anonymous · 9 months ago

Use replace function. Highlight the cells you want to edit then Ctrl+H. Replace space to blank

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kamlesh manchekar · 1 years ago

I want to convert digit into words in indian language? How to do that?

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Vinay Prajapati · 1 years ago

Try Using This -

=IF(MID(K14,1,1)="1","One",IF(MID(K14,1,1)="2","Two",IF(MID(K14,1,1)="3","Three",IF(MID(K14,1,1
)="4","Four",IF(MID(K14,1,1)="5","Five",IF(MID(K14,1,1)="6","Six",IF(MID(K14,1,1)="7","Seven",IF(M
ID(K14,1,1)="8","Eight",IF(MID(K14,1,1)="9","Nine",IF(MID(K14,1,1)="0","Zero",""))))))))))&"
"&IF(RIGHT(K14,1)="1","One",IF(RIGHT(K14,1)="2","Two",IF(RIGHT(K14,1)="3","Three",IF(RIGHT(K14
,1)="4","Four",IF(RIGHT(K14,1)="5","Five",IF(RIGHT(K14,1)="6","Six",IF(RIGHT(K14,1)="7","Seven",IF(
RIGHT(K14,1)="8","Eight",IF(RIGHT(K14,1)="9","Nine",IF(RIGHT(K14,1)="0","Zero",""))))))))))

Instead of Using "One" "Two" "Three", You can change what ever you want against perticular No,
also above code is for only upto two digits. you can extended it to any no by adding IF with MID
formula.

K14 is reference cell for Number.

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Darshan · 5 months ago

Using this formula, 99 would convert into 'Nine Nine'. Same goes for every other number (two
digited). Seems the question was to how to spell a numerical value.

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Amrita · 1 years ago

I couldn't covert number into million and billion $ currency. Help me to because I am confused.

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