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How to add text to the beginning or end of all cells in Excel?

Occasionally, you might find yourself needing to prepend or append the same specific text to every cell within a selection. Doing this manually for each cell can be quite tedious and time-consuming. Fortunately, there are several simpler methods to achieve this, allowing you to add the same text to the start or end of all cells in a selection more efficiently.


Add specified text to the beginning / end of all cells with formulas

There are two formulas to add specified text to the beginning or end of all selected cells in Microsoft Excel.

Method 1: & formula

Enter the ="Class A:"&A2 in Cell C2, and then drag the fill handle down to the cells you want to aply this formula. And the specific text has been added before all of the cells, see screenshot:

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Method 2: Concatenate formula

Enter the =Concatenate ("Class A:", A2) in Cell C2, and then drag and copy this formula to the cells you want to use, see screenshot:

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Notes:

1. If you want to add other specified text in each cell, just replace the Class A: with your text in both formulas.

2. The formulas of =A2 & ": Class A" and =Concatenate (A2, ": Class A") will add : Class A at the end of the cells.

3. Both formulas will not modify the contents in selection directly.


Add same text to a specific location of each cell in Excel

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Add specified text to the beginning / end of all cells with VBA

If you want to add specified text in each cells of a selection directly, the following VBA Macro will ease your work.

1. Select the range in which you will add specified text;

2. Hold down the Alt + F11 keys in Excel, and it opens the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.

3. Click Insert > Module, and paste the following VBA code in the Module Window.

VBA: Adding specified text at the beginning of each cell:

Sub AppendToExistingOnLeft()
Dim c As Range
For Each c In Selection
If c.Value <> "" Then c.Value = "CN- " & c.Value 
Next
End Sub

4. Press F5 key to run this macro. And all of the cells will be added the value CN- before the cell contents.

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Notes: 1. To add some specific text at the end of each cell, please apply the following VBA code.

VBA: Adding specified text at the end of each cell:

Sub AppendToExistingOnRight()
Dim c as range
For each c in Selection
If c.value <> "" Then c.value = c.value & "-CN" 
Next
End Sub

And you will get the following result:

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2. you can change the variable "CN-" or "-CN" of the above codes.


Add specified text to the beginning / end of all cells with Kutools for Excel

Kutools for Excel's Add Text tool will help you quickly add specified text to the beginning or end of each cell in a selection.

Kutools for Excel, with more than 300 handy functions, makes your jobs more easier. 

After installing Kutools for Excel, please do as below:(Free Download Kutools for Excel Now!)

1. Select the range in which you will add specified text.

2. Click the Kutools > Text > Add Text…. See screenshot:

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3. In Add Text dialog box, enter the text you need to add in the Text box.

(1.) If you check Before first character from the Position section, and the specific text will be added in front of all the cell values, see screenshot:

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(2.) If you check After last character from the Position section, and the specific text will be added at the end of the cell values, see screenshot:

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Notes:

1. Kutools for Excel's Add Text tool allows you to preview the changes in selection in Preview section.

2. If you check the Skip non-text cells option, this tool won't add the specified text in cells with non-text content.


Add specified text to the specified position of all cells with Kutools for Excel

Applying Kutools for Excel's Add Text function, you can not only add the specified text to the beginning or end of the cells, but also you can add the specified text to the specified position of the cells.

After installing Kutools for Excel, please do as below:(Free Download Kutools for Excel Now!)

1. Select a range you want to add text to, and then click Kutools > Text > Add Text.

2. The Add Text dialog will be displayed, and enter the specified text and specify the certain position which you want to insert the text in the boxes. See screenshot:

Here I type 3 into the Specify textbox means that add text after the third character of the string.

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3. Click Ok or Apply. The specified text has been added to the specified position of the cells. See screenshot:

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Tip:

(1) In Specify textbox, you can type numbers with comma separate to add text in multiple position at the same time.
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(2)If you want to add text before every uppercase letter, the 1st letter is uppercase option in Add Text utility can help you.
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Also, you can add text before every lowercase letter, or every number letter.

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Demo: Add text to the beginning or end of all cells


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Bonjour, J'ai besoin d'aide. J'ai un tableau excel dans lequel je veux dans une de mes colonnes que lorsque j'écris NOK la cellule se colore en rouge et les caractères en blanc.
En VBA J'ai déjà tout essayé comme message mais j'ai toujours une erreur. Mon problème se situe au niveau de la première ligne car je ne sais pas quoi écrire. Quand j'inscris NAME il ne fait rien. Quand j'inscris Value il ne fait rien. J'ai essayé TEXTBOX et le nom de la colonne CAISSE mais j'ai toujours une erreur.

If cell.Textboxcaisse = NOK Then
cell.Interior.ColorIndex = 3
cell.Font.ColorIndex = 2
cell.Font.Bold = True
End If
Next
For Each cell In Range("r3:r500")
If cell.Name = OK Then
cell.Interior.ColorIndex = 2
cell.Font.ColorIndex = 1
cell.Font.Bold = True
End If
Next

Merci pour votre aide.
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Hi there,

Do you mean that you want the fill color to turn red and font color to turn white as long as the cell's content is NOK? So, if 10 cells have NOK as content, and the 10 cells are in the column you mentioned, the fill color and font color of all the 10 cells will change?

Also, can you speak English? So I can better understnd your situation. And it will be better if you attach the file with the VBA you created. So that we can help you revise it with higher efficiency.

Thanks in advance.
Amanda
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Thank you!
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the VBA code worked perfectly on Office for Mac
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Me has quitado varias horas de trabajo de encima, mil gracias!!!
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thanks a lot dear for sharing information.
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Thank you! Apend and pre-pend macro works great
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I am trying to change a date formula from mm/dd/yyyy to dd/mm/yyyy. The leading zeros for months and dates less than 10 (two digits) are going away. Anyone have tips on how to easily put them back. I tried using the =month, =day, =year formulas and concatenating them. However, the leading zeros are dropping off. I would manually have to put in the leading zeros. Is there an easy way to do this? We are going to have approximately 1,000 rows of data on our file each month.
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Hi, Amanda, if you want to convert date from mm/dd/yyyy to dd/mm/yyyy, this article https://www.extendoffice.com/documents/excel/4646-excel-convert-dd-mm-yyyy-to-mm-dd-yyyy.html can help you, it list two easiest ways for solving this job.
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I want to make a formula that show in cell text "Profit" when another cell show +digit, and show in that cell "Loss" when another that cell show -digit
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Hi, Manik, use this =IF(B1>0, "Profit", "Loss")
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Thanks a lot!! I was initially using Access but this is so much easier.
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Hello, i want to add text in a formula;

current cell value: ='DAM91-SVC'!$C$47
i want to add text: [MHSV Sales Report 2017 (JAN-DEC).xlsx]

therefore the cell value should read like this in the end: ='[MHSV Sales Report 2017 (JAN-DEC).xlsx]DAM91-SVC'!$C$47

please tell me how will this be done.
thank you
total 1800 cell count need alteration.
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Hello, sorry to read your question so late. Here is a solution but you need to free download Kutools for Excel.

Using the Convert Formula to Text utility to convert the formula cell to text, then apply Add Text utility to add the text string in the Specify position(1), then click Ok. After all cells have been added text, conver them to formula by click Kutools > Content > Convert Text to Formula.
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