If the data was entered as text, it will stay text even if you reformat the
cell. One way to correct this is to put a zero in a blank cell, copy it,
then select the cells you want to be numeric, click Paste special and click
on Add in the function section.

"scottr" wrote:

In excel, I tried to convert numbers to number format, using
format/cells/number from the category list. But it won't take, and stays
text-like. Any ideas?