Restrict cell to input of currency value or "Not Known

Michael Jones

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Hi everyone,

I have been rying to save this problem foir weks,but am still nableto achieve what I want.

I have a column in which a value formatted to a monetary amount. However, if this is not available I want to limit the entry to "Not Known". I hav tried to nter data vlaidain to the column, using custom formatting and formula as: =or($##,###.00,"Not known") but cannot get this to work. Am I attempting the impossible or does someone have any idea how to achieve what I am trying to do? Any help will be appreciated. Thank you
 

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Good afternoon, and apologies for the late reply- I have been absent for some while from the forum!

Your formula works perfectly!. Thank you for your help

Kind regards

Michael
 
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