I have retrieved some data from external source and it put to my
worksheet in one column numbers in text format and if I want to work
with numbers (add, substract, etc.) I need it to convert to number format.
I tried to select column and mark it as number format however it doesn´t
work. Pls help me what to do, how to suceed. I have no chance to change
the format in source.

Juraj

Hi Merlin68,

I have retrieved some data from external source and it put to my
worksheet in one column numbers in text format and if I want to work
with numbers (add, substract, etc.) I need it to convert to number format.


After changing the format, you need to convince Excel you meant what you
said <grin:

- select an out-of-the-way empty cell, hit copy.
- select all your cells with numbers-to-be
- hit edit, paste-special and select the "Add" operation.

Regards,

Jan Karel Pieterse
Excel MVP
http://www.jkp-ads.com

thanks Jan Karel however I tried and failed. Perhaps I make some mistakes but
pls can you go step by step once more ? Really I do not understand why it
doesn´t work for me and believe what you typed is trues. Thanks once more

€žJan Karel Pieterse" napÃ*sal (napÃ*sala):

Hi Merlin68,

I have retrieved some data from external source and it put to my
worksheet in one column numbers in text format and if I want to work
with numbers (add, substract, etc.) I need it to convert to number format.


After changing the format, you need to convince Excel you meant what you
said <grin:

- select an out-of-the-way empty cell, hit copy.
- select all your cells with numbers-to-be
- hit edit, paste-special and select the "Add" operation.

Regards,

Jan Karel Pieterse
Excel MVP
http://www.jkp-ads.com

Hi Merlin68,

thanks Jan Karel however I tried and failed. Perhaps I make some mistakes but
pls can you go step by step once more ? Really I do not understand why it
doesn´t work for me and believe what you typed is trues. Thanks once more


Are you sure the numbers do not contain any leading and/or trailing characters?

Another thing to try is to select the "numbers", then hit Data, Text-to-columns
and click finish.

Regards,

Jan Karel Pieterse
Excel MVP
http://www.jkp-ads.com

it is ok just now and pls take my apologize, i haven´t noticed i had dot
instead of comma for decimal separation, it was the reason of failing ..
so it´s ok .. have a nice day .. bye from slovakia

€žJan Karel Pieterse" napÃ*sal (napÃ*sala):

Hi Merlin68,

thanks Jan Karel however I tried and failed. Perhaps I make some mistakes but
pls can you go step by step once more ? Really I do not understand why it
doesn´t work for me and believe what you typed is trues. Thanks once more


Are you sure the numbers do not contain any leading and/or trailing characters?

Another thing to try is to select the "numbers", then hit Data, Text-to-columns
and click finish.

Regards,

Jan Karel Pieterse
Excel MVP
http://www.jkp-ads.com

€žmerlin68" napÃ*sal (napÃ*sala):

I have retrieved some data from external source and it put to my
worksheet in one column numbers in text format and if I want to work
with numbers (add, substract, etc.) I need it to convert to number format.
I tried to select column and mark it as number format however it doesn´t
work. Pls help me what to do, how to suceed. I have no chance to change
the format in source.

Juraj

Excel must be forced to see the data as Numeric.

One way is to format all to Number or General then copy an empty cell.

Select the data copy then, in place, Paste SpecialAddOKEsc.

Or select the data and DataText to ColumnsNextNextColumn Data
FormatGeneralFinish.

Now format to Number


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Thu, 1 Feb 2007 13:02:00 -0800, mikybi
wrote:



„merlin68" napísal (napísala):

I have retrieved some data from external source and it put to my
worksheet in one column numbers in text format and if I want to work
with numbers (add, substract, etc.) I need it to convert to number format.
I tried to select column and mark it as number format however it doesn´t
work. Pls help me what to do, how to suceed. I have no chance to change
the format in source.

Juraj

Every week, our payroll clerks have been going through the sheets by hand and
hitting "F2" <Enter through at least 200 rows of data. This should save us
quite a bit of time! Thank you!
--
Adios,
Clay Harryman


"Jan Karel Pieterse" wrote:

Hi Merlin68,

I have retrieved some data from external source and it put to my
worksheet in one column numbers in text format and if I want to work
with numbers (add, substract, etc.) I need it to convert to number format.


After changing the format, you need to convince Excel you meant what you
said <grin:

- select an out-of-the-way empty cell, hit copy.
- select all your cells with numbers-to-be
- hit edit, paste-special and select the "Add" operation.

Regards,

Jan Karel Pieterse
Excel MVP
http://www.jkp-ads.com