How to escape & sign in excel footer?

I need to have an excel footer that contains the string "&T". My problem is that when I attempt to do this excel automatically changes it to be "&[Time]". Is there anyway to escape the & to make it display &T as plain text?

Kellenjb

Posted 2011-12-06T19:49:20.957

Reputation: 905

Is your string actually "&T" with the quotes, or $T without the quotes? Have you tried it WITH quotes? Have you tried any of Excel's cell formatting options already? – Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 – 2011-12-06T19:52:14.117

My string is without the quotes. If I add the quotes it changes it to "&[Time]" (with the quotes added). What formatting would I change for this footer? – Kellenjb – 2011-12-06T19:53:08.187

Answers

Can you try one more "&" in your string, so that it is actually "&&T" ? I have a header in a workbook that had the same issue, and I solved it that way.

F106dart

Posted 2011-12-06T19:49:20.957

Reputation: 1 713

That did it. I should have known to try that. Thank you. – Kellenjb – 2011-12-06T20:03:13.430

You could also use the "Wingdings 2" font for capital Z.

just type Z and select it, change to wingdings 2 font.

Rob

Posted 2011-12-06T19:49:20.957

Reputation: 444