What type of file do your have XLS or CSV. If it is CSV then it will not
preserve the formating. Try saving the CSV file using SAVEAS and save the
file. Then always open the XLS file.

"victorsm" wrote:

The numeric cells in a spreadsheet are formatted as numbers with 0-3
decimals. I save the spreadsheet and exit the program. Next time in, when I
load the spreadsheet the formats of these cells have changed to date formats.
Can anyone help me with why this is happening and how to correct it?