Insert a column to left (assume stuff is in A)
In B1 ="("&A1&")"
Copy down column
Select all of B; Copy followed by Edit|Paste Special-Values
Now you can delete column A
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I have a column in Excel that I want to enclose the contents with brackets
in
every cell. Is there an easy way to do that?