I don't know why MS assumes this but you can precede the entry with an
apostrophe and it will be text

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Regards,

Peo Sjoblom


"FJB" wrote in message
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Why does Excel assume that when you type December 2004 that you want
the numeric equivalent and not a text entry? Is this just another
illustration of Microsoft knowing what we need before we know it? Thanks