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How to keep "text" number from changing to date....
I have copied and pasted numbers from a source on the internet into a column.
Some appear to be formatted as numbers, some are formatted as text. When I reformat using Data and Text to Columns to organize them and get rid of extra spaces, any multiple numbers less than 31 with a dash in between them change to dates, and then if I reformat cells to text it changes the dates to a five digit number. Here is one example... 4-27 changes to Apr 27, then to 38824. I have thousands of these. I've been entering '4-27 to keep the number as text. This takes forever. There must be an easier way to do the entire column. Please help. |
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How to keep "text" number from changing to date....
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Before you paste the data, format the column as Text. Once you have done this, you can use Paste Special / Values. Hope this helps. Andy. "Julie Willems" Julie wrote in message ... I have copied and pasted numbers from a source on the internet into a column. Some appear to be formatted as numbers, some are formatted as text. When I reformat using Data and Text to Columns to organize them and get rid of extra spaces, any multiple numbers less than 31 with a dash in between them change to dates, and then if I reformat cells to text it changes the dates to a five digit number. Here is one example... 4-27 changes to Apr 27, then to 38824. I have thousands of these. I've been entering '4-27 to keep the number as text. This takes forever. There must be an easier way to do the entire column. Please help. |
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