You should be able to specify the column as number while importing...

Workaround
Search and replace period with comma in the range required.
Enter 1 anywhere, copy it, select the range with your numbers as text and
choose PASTE SPECIAL|Multiply... it will convert text to numbers...

"tedmi" wrote:

Regional option is set to a locale where decimal symbol is the comma. When
importing text data that has numbers with periods, XL '02 and '03
automatically convert the periods to commas, but '07 does not - as a result,
the import is treated as text. Any workaround?
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TedMi