I think you would need to evaluate the fraction as a decimal and place that
in a cell. then format the cell as fraction.

It is unclear whether you are doing the copying with code or manually. If
manual, I can select the fraction in the formula bar and do ctrl+V, go to the
new cell and select it. Go to the formula bar and enter = then ctrl+C
and hit enter. Format the cell as fraction.

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy


"FGM" wrote:

Windows 2000, Excel 2003
How do you get excel to use a fraction as a fraction and not a date? I am
using a function that returns a fraction as a string. I then copy it and
paste it in a new cell as value.. I have tried formating the cell as a
decimal, as a fraction, it just keeps it as text or views it as a date....
any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.