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how do you force the cell to leave the data as you type it?
I want the cell to have 5-6 but it keeps changing it to 6-May. I have tried
formatting the cell but to no avail. Is there a way to stop the autoformatting? |
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Place an apostrophe in front of your text or first format the cell as text.
******************* ~Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "Amanda" wrote in message ... I want the cell to have 5-6 but it keeps changing it to 6-May. I have tried formatting the cell but to no avail. Is there a way to stop the autoformatting? |
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Format as Text before you enter the data
-- Kind regards, Niek Otten Microsoft MVP - Excel "Amanda" wrote in message ... I want the cell to have 5-6 but it keeps changing it to 6-May. I have tried formatting the cell but to no avail. Is there a way to stop the autoformatting? |
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