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Default Numbers disguised as Text - Sorting Delima

I select an empty cell
edit|copy
select column A
edit|Paste special|Check Add

(and maybe reformat the column)

Sandi wrote:

I have a spreadsheet where it appears there are numbers in column A. To my
surprise they are acutally represented as text. I used the =isnumber formula
to test which came back false. What i need to do is convert these alpha
numbers to actual text in order to sort. Is there a way to do this?
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Sandi Gardner


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Dave Peterson