Maybe,

Select a blank cell and choose Edit|Copy
Select the cells that contain the (text) numbers
Choose Edit|paste special and select Add
Click OK

Mike

"Emoke" wrote:

When I import the files (i recieved via email) into excel, everything is OK,
except Excell doesn't recognise the numbers in the cells as such and as a
result, it doesn't do formulas.. Anyone know the trick to fix the problem?