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how can I stop 8-10 turning into 8 oct in excel 2007 ?
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If you are typing this in, then add an apostrophe to the beginning,
i.e. type it as:

'8-10

and it will be treated as text.

Alternatively, pre-format the cell as text before you type it in.

Hope this helps.

Pete

On Apr 30, 11:07*am, CJP wrote:
how can I stop 8-10 turning into 8 oct in excel 2007 ?


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