"Look in Tools/Options for the "Spelling" tab. Click on a button called
"AutoCorrect Options" in the lower left-hand corner. You will find a set of
check boxes which will turn off the auto-fill functions

"Leslie Haas" wrote:

I use the 1st character of each month as axes labels. When a character is
repeated excel automatically adds a 2 or 3 suffix. Excell may be confused
but I'm not. How do I stop it. Formatting the cells as text in excell and
setting that attribute for the chart axes hasn't helped.

Thank you