Paste this formula into the column to the right of your p-values, and watch it go to work. Using this formula as is requires that Excel be set to the R1C1 reference style (see Tools_Options_General). =IF(C[-1]>=0.1,"",IF(C[-1]>=0.05,"+",IF(C[-1]>=0.01,"*",IF(C[-1]>=0.001,"**",IF(C[-1]>=0,"***",""))))) Note that this formula produces stars for +=p<.1, *=p<.05, **=p<.01, ***=p<.001; but it can be easily modified. After you paste the formula into the column to the right of your p-values, you can set the width of the p-value column to 0 to hide it. Note that the default for numeric cells in Excel is to show leading zeros (e.g, 0.123). With the p-value conversion program, you solve the problem of typing in stars, but you create the problem of annoying leading zeros. It is possible to fix this in Excel, however. Go to Format -> Cells -> Category=Custom and type .##0 in the "Field" box. That will give you three decimal places but no leading zeros. For more or fewer decimal places, change the number of #'s.