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Default Formatting cells

##### means your column isn't wide enough for the data. ;-)

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"Nospam" wrote in message
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I'm using Excel 2002. I've created a spreadsheet of my weightlifting
workouts--dates, exercises, and in the cells, the number of sets I perform
with the number of repetitions. For instance, cells have numbers like
2-12, 2-9, 3-12, indicating two or three sets of 9 or 12 repetitions. The
problem is that I'm formatting the cells as general, but I'm still getting
a green triangle in the upper left cell corner, and when I hold the cursor
over the cell, the yellow exclamation point appears, asking me if I want
to ignore the formatting error. In some cells that I think I've already
formatted, my numbers turn to "###." I want to enter the numbers as plain
text with no other formatting. What am I doing wrong?

Also, what's the formatting difference between "general" and "text"
formatting?

Thanks. --Arthur