On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:42:01 -0700, newbie101
wrote:

Everytime i type in 9 - 2 it automatically changes to 09- feb. i changed the
number format to general but it keeps changing back to custom. how can i fix
this?

What do you want the result to be?

If you want the cell to display
9 - 2
then enter '9 - 2

If you want the cell to display
7
then enter =9-2

Hope this helps / Lars-Åke