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format change
I set up my cell format as "text" format before I type name of sample ID
(9920-2, 9920-8, 9920-15, ...). However, for 9920-2 and 9920-8, when I push "Enter" Xxcel changes my format from text to date and become Feb-02 and Aug-02. 9920-15 and those after remain the way I have set up. Can anyone tell me how to make Excel stop changing my format and just use text format I have set up. |
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format change
Try this:
Right click inside the chart select Chart Options Axes see that the "Time-scale" is not on choose "Automatic" or "Category" "Terry" wrote: I set up my cell format as "text" format before I type name of sample ID (9920-2, 9920-8, 9920-15, ...). However, for 9920-2 and 9920-8, when I push "Enter" Xxcel changes my format from text to date and become Feb-02 and Aug-02. 9920-15 and those after remain the way I have set up. Can anyone tell me how to make Excel stop changing my format and just use text format I have set up. |
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I couldn't reproduce your problem. When I entered any of the three items
you showed, the cells continued to treat the values as text, not as dates. This occurred whether the number format was changed to Text or left as General. - Jon ------- Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP Peltier Technical Services Tutorials and Custom Solutions http://PeltierTech.com/ _______ Terry wrote: I set up my cell format as "text" format before I type name of sample ID (9920-2, 9920-8, 9920-15, ...). However, for 9920-2 and 9920-8, when I push "Enter" Xxcel changes my format from text to date and become Feb-02 and Aug-02. 9920-15 and those after remain the way I have set up. Can anyone tell me how to make Excel stop changing my format and just use text format I have set up. |
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