Insert a column to left (assume stuff is in A)
In B1 ="("&A1&")"
Copy down column
Select all of B; Copy followed by Edit|Paste Special->Values
Now you can delete column A
best wishes
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"Terri" <Terri@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have a column in Excel that I want to enclose the contents with brackets
>in
> every cell. Is there an easy way to do that?