I think it might have something to do with ctrl ` does anybody know what that
is supposed to do to a spreadsheet
Yve

"Yve Ke" wrote:

I have a problem - I have inserted a date such as 12/10/2007 and it usually
will automatically knows it's a date and formats it as date BUT now in my
worksheet when i put in a date it won't allow me to format to date (even
though it displays in the formmual bar) and won't wllow me to change the
alignment to vertical? Anybudy know why? It keeps displaying a seruial number
and won't budge !!!