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Find and Replace causing a "Text" cell to become a custom date--wh
Hi,
I'm not too familiar with Excel, so maybe I'm missing something obvious. I have a cell (dozens, actually) that are formatted as Text. Each one contains: Page: 5-6 --or similar. I need to do a Find & Replace to get rid of "Page: ". When I do that, the cells switch to dates (the one above would be "6-May") and they are formatted as Custom, with a date setting. Why is this happening? How can I stop it? Thanks a lot! Ben |
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Find and Replace causing a "Text" cell to become a custom date--wh
<Why is this happening?
Sometimes Excel is just too "helpful" <How can I stop it? Replace "Page: " with a single quote. It will not show in the cell but will cause the result to be treated as text -- Kind regards, Niek Otten Microsoft MVP - Excel "Benjamino5" wrote in message ... | Hi, | | I'm not too familiar with Excel, so maybe I'm missing something obvious. I | have a cell (dozens, actually) that are formatted as Text. Each one contains: | | Page: 5-6 | | --or similar. I need to do a Find & Replace to get rid of "Page: ". When I | do that, the cells switch to dates (the one above would be "6-May") and they | are formatted as Custom, with a date setting. | | Why is this happening? How can I stop it? | | Thanks a lot! | Ben |
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Niek,
That worked--thanks! Do you have any links to more information about this? I'm not sure why your trick worked, and I'd like to learn Excel. Ben "Niek Otten" wrote: <Why is this happening? Sometimes Excel is just too "helpful" <How can I stop it? Replace "Page: " with a single quote. It will not show in the cell but will cause the result to be treated as text -- Kind regards, Niek Otten Microsoft MVP - Excel |
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Find and Replace causing a "Text" cell to become a custom date
Just found an interesting link related to this:
http://www.bluemoosetech.com/article.php?jid=6 "Benjamino5" wrote: Niek, That worked--thanks! Do you have any links to more information about this? I'm not sure why your trick worked, and I'd like to learn Excel. Ben "Niek Otten" wrote: <Why is this happening? Sometimes Excel is just too "helpful" <How can I stop it? Replace "Page: " with a single quote. It will not show in the cell but will cause the result to be treated as text -- Kind regards, Niek Otten Microsoft MVP - Excel |
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