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Only allow entry of text matching a format

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msstrang

msstrang

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Sep 19, 2005
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Hello,
I have spreadsheet where I want one column of data to only allow any user to input a value in the following format:

CCV-L-010-01 for example. The numbers can change and the L can be a U sometimes.

Is there a way to do this without using macros?
 
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