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Default Excel automatically changes the formatting of the cell to "Time"

Hello,

I have a long column of numbers [dates in the YY:DD format]. I wanted to
replace
":61" to ":59". Even though the cells are initially formatted as Text, as
soon as I make the change, Excel changes the formatting to Time, and the cell
with the change now has text ":59:00" in it.

Is it possible to force Excel to keep the cells formatted as Text?

Thank you!
 
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