Format the cell as text before you type the number in, or precede the number
with an apostrophe.
If you're looking for a global setting, you're out of luck.
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David Biddulph

"Ky" wrote in message
...
I have this problem where Excel turns a number into a date. Eg. when I
input
7440-09-7, Excel turns it into 9/7/7440 which is not what I want. I image
there is a setting that can turn this default behavior off. Can someone
help
me?? Thanks