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Niek Otten
 
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Default converts numbers to dates

Rename the file .txt
When importing, Excel will ask you what format

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Kind regards,

Niek Otten

"jason2444" wrote in message
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I need to save a file in a CSV format one of the columns contains years
like
04-06 when I reopen the file later it has converted from 04-06 to 6-Apr I
have fromated the cell to text but that dosen't seem to help it always
opens
up as 6-Apr. what do I need to do so that whenever I open a file that has
04-06 in the column it opens as 04-06. Any help would be appricated. Excel
2002