Comments on: Tip: Formula to Format Telephone Numbers http://www.numberstemplates.com/2007/11/07/tip-formula-to-format-telephone-numbers/ Templates, Tips, and Tricks for Apple's Numbers Spreadsheet Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:12:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Yrene http://www.numberstemplates.com/2007/11/07/tip-formula-to-format-telephone-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-297 Yrene Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:11:08 +0000 http://www.numberstemplates.com/2007/11/07/tip-formula-to-format-telephone-numbers/#comment-297 thanks great!!!! thanks great!!!!

]]> By: Michael http://www.numberstemplates.com/2007/11/07/tip-formula-to-format-telephone-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-171 Michael Sat, 08 Dec 2007 03:45:04 +0000 http://www.numberstemplates.com/2007/11/07/tip-formula-to-format-telephone-numbers/#comment-171 Bethany, If you format the zips as text, they will display leading zeros. Alternatively, you could add leading zeros like so (assuming your zip is in A1): ="000"+A1. You can then wrap this function with the right function, so that it trims the zip down to 5 digits, like so: =RIGHT("000"+A1,5). I hope that made sense. If you need more help, or have other questions, you can find some great answers in our forums: http://www.numberstemplates.com/forums/ - Michael Bethany,

If you format the zips as text, they will display leading zeros.

Alternatively, you could add leading zeros like so (assuming your zip is in A1): =”000″+A1. You can then wrap this function with the right function, so that it trims the zip down to 5 digits, like so: =RIGHT(“000″+A1,5).

I hope that made sense. If you need more help, or have other questions, you can find some great answers in our forums:

http://www.numberstemplates.com/forums/

- Michael

]]> By: Bethany Reynolds http://www.numberstemplates.com/2007/11/07/tip-formula-to-format-telephone-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-170 Bethany Reynolds Fri, 07 Dec 2007 18:23:00 +0000 http://www.numberstemplates.com/2007/11/07/tip-formula-to-format-telephone-numbers/#comment-170 Thanks for that tip. I am also a new Numbers user (and not well versed in spreadsheets in general, due to Excel-induced migraines). I have a lot of Excel files which contain ZIP codes, and until Apple adds that as a Special number option, it looks like I will have to convert the zip code coulmns to text and add the 0's manually....a hideous thought. Is it possible to make a formula to add those 0's? Thanks for that tip. I am also a new Numbers user (and not well versed in spreadsheets in general, due to Excel-induced migraines). I have a lot of Excel files which contain ZIP codes, and until Apple adds that as a Special number option, it looks like I will have to convert the zip code coulmns to text and add the 0′s manually….a hideous thought. Is it possible to make a formula to add those 0′s?

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