PHONETIC

PHONETIC(reference)

Returns the phonetic characters from a text string.

reference

The cell reference containing the text.

REMARKS

* This function does not appear in the Function Wizard or the Cell AutoComplete.
* If "reference" refers to a range of cells then the top left cell is used.
* If "reference" refers to a range of non adjacent cells, then #N/A is returned.
* This function is used in connection to phonetics and using different types of fonts and languages.
* This function will probably not appear in the (Insert > Function) dialog box.
* This function will always be single threaded.
* This function was added in Excel 2003 but only to Japanese versions of Excel.
* For the Microsoft documentation refer to support.microsoft.com

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1	=PHONETIC("some text") = #NAME?