That is default, you can't change that. If this is info only you can
preformat as text and it will not format as date

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Regards,

Peo Sjoblom


"sboyland" wrote in message
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I am setting up an excel workbook where information on the front page feeds
into the subsequent pages, like a questionnaire. Sometimes dates will be
entered in the first page but not always. I now find that if I do enter a
date at first and then delete it and enter another number (not a date) the
cell automatically reverts to the date format!!! Is there anyway I can
stop
this happening? It is very frustrating.
Thanks