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Cell format

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by - delegate Kristina [1 post] (2008 Mar 26 Wed, 17:00) Reply

When using a dash in a number; eg 12-3, the cell will automatically change this to a date eg 12-march. Changing the cell format to general or number does not rectify this. Does this mean it is not possible to have a number such as 12-3 in a spreadsheet?

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RE: Cell format

by - trainer Rich platinum contributer [744 posts] (2008 Mar 26 Wed, 20:34) Reply

Hello

Before you type the number, set the format of the cell to be text. The dash is the problem here because as soon as you put this in excel will no longer recognise it as a number. you have to use text

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