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Default problem with cell formatting

I have a problem.

In an excel spreadsheet I have a column that has part numbers, and is
formatted 'general'.

Some of the items would be
MAR-123465
MAR-168735
MAR-23148
MAR-2208
MAR-1938

Okay, here is the problem. If I do a replace and try to replace the
'-' in these fields with a blank (simply remove the dash) I end up
getting

MAR123467
MAR158735
MAR23148
Mar-08
Mar-38

When it removes the dash, it arbitrarily changes the format to
"custom" and date. What can I do to get it to simply remove the
dashes but let it show MAR2208 and MAR1938????

I'd appreciate any suggestions.

thanks,
ga

George Applegate

 
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