AE Time Code Numbers

Question ---on After Effects Time Code Effect with changing numbers.
1. Is there a way to do the Time Code Effect with Letters Not Numbers. Want to do the Time Code Effect with Text not numbers.
Thanks a lot for all the great help on here!
Adobe After Effects CS3

Hi thanks for the reply.
Like to have the time code effect using text instead of numbers and they turn and eventually stop and spell out "Your Imaging Package"
So in other words
A. want the same exact Time Code Effect of changing letters
B. Letters change like the numbers do A thru Z
C. Then Stop and Spell out "Your Imaging Package"
Bascially want the "Time Code Numbers Effect" exactly the same only using TEXT instead of numbers.
Thanks
Joe

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After a Description Column, I have two columns displaying Time. The Left Column shows the length of the specific segment and the Right Column shows when it begins within the total Elapsed Time. For example:
show open id     0:00:15    0:00:00
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"I used to enter in a lot of Time Code into Word. I would use the numeric keyboard and some third party software that changed the key strokes. In Word, I would change "Opt ." in the numeric keyboard to ":". And "Shift ." would type as ";". I could very quickly enter in numbers like14:23:18;00 just on the numeric keyboard."
You might find what you need in the article Automatically Substituting Text in Chapter 8, Working with Text, of the Numbers '09 User Guide (excerpt below). You can download the guide (and the iWork Formulas and Functions User Guide) via the Help menu in Numbers.
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specific substitutions. For example, when you type (c), you can have Numbers
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lburech wrote:
My question is whether it has any use whatsoever in the editing process or is it similar to the type of numbers I get from my still camera when I download my pictures such as sc00d0437e which I never use for anything and overwrite with a title, always wondering why the camera puts the effort into the number.
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Then you can change it from smpte if you want -----to source or media ...something like that...or to 'generate'...use what you like best..
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[email protected]

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How ya doin buddy?
"Either way, try an Easy Setup>DV Converter, to match your video standard (Pal or NTSC)."
Yep - did that
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How do I edit or enter values on multiple sheets at the same time in Numbers? I can do this Excel but don't know procedure in Numbers. Thanks.

How do I edit or enter values on multiple sheets at the same time in Numbers? I can do it in Excel but I don't the procedure in Numbers. Thank you!

The only I way I can think of to modify a single value and have that value change in multipl locations is to have all "the other places" reference a single cell. There is not way without a referene to modify a set of cells simulateously.
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