Hi,

Right click on the cell go to format and on the number tab select "general"
and close this will solve the issue.

or simply enter an apostrophe (') and then go ahead with the data typing.
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Thanks
Suleman Peerzade


" wrote:

Hi,

first of all, I am an absolute excel novice and never used it until
today, so, forgive me if my question is stupid (for an
experiencedExcel user)

OK, the problem is simple, I want to insert the following value into a
cell: 1/08 . But excel changes it always into a date. It becomes "01
Aug", and if I double click on it, it becomes "01.08.2009". How to
stop this auto-correction?

My "1/08" is not a date, but a transaction number, so a auto
transformation of that value is not wanted.

I am using Excel 2007