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How to format mac addresses in cells by adding colon symbol in Excel?

Supposing you received a worksheet contains a list of numbers, and now you need to format all these numbers as mac addresses by adding colon symbol as below screenshot shown. What can you do to achieve it? You can try the method in this tutorial to solve the problem.

Format mac addresses in cells by adding colon with formula
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Easily format mac addresses in cells by adding colon with Kutools for Excel

Format mac addresses in cells by adding colon with formula

Easily format mac addresses in cells by adding colon with Kutools for Excel. This section will introduce the Add Text utility of Kutoos for Excel.With this utility, you can quickly add colons to cells at specified positions. The XLSTAT trial is followed by a complimentary lifetime limited edition. Try xlstat Perform risk analysis in a vast range of fields and get answers to a huge range of questions using this intuitive simulation add-on for Microsoft Excel.

The below formula can help you format number as mac address by adding a colon. Please do as follows.

1. Select a blank cell, enter formula into the Formula Bar, and then press the Enter key. See screenshot:

=LEFT(A2,2)&':'&MID(A2,3,2)&':'&MID(A2,5,2)&':'&MID(A2,7,2)&':'&MID(A2,9,2)&':'&RIGHT(A2,2)

Note: In the formula, A2 is the cell contains the number you will format as mac format.

2. Select the first result cell, drag the Fill Handle down to get all mac format numbers. See screenshot:

Format mac addresses in cells by adding colon with VBA

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With below VBA code, you can format a range of numbers as mac addresses at once in Excel. Please do as follows.

1. Press the Alt + F11 keys simultaneously to open the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.

2. In the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window, click Insert > Module. Then copy below VBA code into the code window.

VBA code: Format numbers as mac addresses in cells

3. In the opening Kutools for Excel dialog box, please select the cells with numbers you will format as mac addresses, and then click the OK button.

Then you can see all selected numbers are formatted as mac addresses as below screenshot shown.

Easily format mac addresses in cells by adding colon with Kutools for Excel

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This section will introduce the Add Text utility of Kutoos for Excel. With this utility, you can quickly add colons to cells at specified positions. Please do as follows.

Before applying Kutools for Excel, please download and install it firstly.

1. Select the cells you need to format as mac addresses. And then click Kutools > Text > Add Text.

2. In the Add Text dialog box, please type a colon into the Text box, select the Specify option, and then enter the specified position numbers into the box. And finally click the OK button.

Note: In this case, I need to add colons after every two numbers in cells, so I enter 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 and separate them by commas. See screenshot:

If you want to have a free trial ( 30-day) of this utility, please click to download it, and then go to apply the operation according above steps.

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    You can Format Mac Addresses using stringlearner.com. Much easier.