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I want the cell to have 3-4 but it keeps changing it to 4-Mar.
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You could either:
Preformat the cell as text (format|cells|number tab|Text), then do the data
entry.

Or you could prefix your entry with an apostrophe:
'3-4



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I want the cell to have 3-4 but it keeps changing it to 4-Mar.


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first try to change the format of the cell to TEXT and then enter the value.

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I want the cell to have 3-4 but it keeps changing it to 4-Mar.

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