FORMAT CELL TO MILLIMETERS
 

Is there a way to format cells to millimeter measurement?

Answer: FORMAT CELL TO MILLIMETERS
 

Yes, you can format cells in Microsoft Excel to display measurements in millimeters. Here's how:

1. Select the cells that you want to format.
2. Right-click on the selected cells and choose "Format Cells" from the context menu.
3. In the "Format Cells" dialog box, click on the "Number" tab.
4. In the "Category" list, select "Custom."
5. In the "Type" field, enter the following format code: 0.00" mm"
6. Click "OK" to apply the formatting.

Now, any values entered into the selected cells will be displayed in millimeters with the "mm" unit of measurement. For example, if you enter "25" into a formatted cell, it will be displayed as "25.00 mm".

FORMAT CELL TO MILLIMETERS
 

Certainly. What's in the cell right now? Meters, kilometers, millimeters,
micrometers? What's wrong with simply specifying whatever numeric format you
want?

Regards,
Fred.

"kjboyle" wrote in message
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Is there a way to format cells to millimeter measurement?

FORMAT CELL TO MILLIMETERS
 

In the number format section you can create a custom format like this
0.0 "mm" and apply it to the desired cells

This will display the entered or calculated number to 1 decimal place with
the mm tag at the end (13.1 mm). It does not do any conversion or
calculations, just shows the units. You can use as many decimal places as
you desire.
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"kjboyle" wrote:

Is there a way to format cells to millimeter measurement?

FORMAT CELL TO MILLIMETERS
 

You want the actual measurements of a cell to be in mm rather than points or
pixels?

The only way you can do that is through VBA.

Do you want to go that route?

If you want to use VBA to set height and width in mm.

Ole Erlandson has code for setting row and column dimensions.

http://www.erlandsendata.no/english/...vbawssetrowcol



Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:14:05 -0700, kjboyle
wrote:

Is there a way to format cells to millimeter measurement?