Display Zip Code Notice For Free

Display numbers as postal codes Select the cell or range of cells that you want to format. To cancel a selection of cells, click any cell on the worksheet. On the Home tab, click the Dialog Box Launcher. next to Number. In the Category box, click Special. In the Type list, click Zip Code or Zip Code + 4.

Create a custom postal code format In the Category box, click Custom. In the Type list, select the number format that you want to customize. The number format that you select appears in the Type box above the Type list. For example, to customize the predefined Zip Code + 4 format, select 00000-0000 in the Type list.

The most complete ZIP Code is a nine-digit number consisting of five digits, a hyphen, and four digits, which the USPS describes by its trademark ZIP+4. The correct format for a numeric ZIP+4 code is five digits, a hyphen, and four digits.

For example, you can use zeros or dashes to display a postal code as follows: 0000000 98052 or ------- 98052.

Displaying Zip/Postal Codes in Excel Right-click the cell and select Format Cells... Then, go to the Number tab, select Special from the Category section and then select Zip Code from the Type section and hit OK.

Shorten to Five Digits Insert a new column to the right of your current zip code column. Type or copy and paste =LEFT(C2,5) , replacing C2 with your cell's identifier. Drag the formula down the rest of your column.

Fix numbers that should be text in Excel Click in a blank cell that is adjacent to the first number. As an example, see the image below. If E1 contains Zip and E2 to E9 have the actual zip codes, and your data stops in column G, you would click cell H2 and type =Text(E2,?00000?) and press Enter.