Try this:

Format those cells to be text, not numbers:

<Format<Cells<Number tab
Category: Text

Does that help?

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Regards,
Ron

XL2002, WinXP-Pro


"Heather" wrote:

I am trying to enter data into a cell using - between numbers for example
1-30-4400, excel is converting this number into a date, I can't change the
way I enter this data, how can I make excel stop converting this?