Hi Ron,

I didn't take upon myself your comment, although I really didn't notice that
your comment is addressed to Melissa, sorry. I simply wanted to point out
that before any formatting all cells format are "General" in a new sheet, let
it be populated with either manually entered or imported data, and still
there is a difference between the ways XL2000 handles them. Their format are
the same (General), their value look identical, therefore it is misleading
that you have to manipulate (not format) the imported ones in order to be
handled in a normal way.

To Rob! It's a matter of taste to consider this a bug or not.

Regards,
Stefi