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Hi,

When I copy numbers like 03-05 (which is the year range 2003-2005) to
excel, it always automatically reformat that number to Mar-05. How can
I just have it display as is without formatting to m/y?


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"Lucent1698" wrote
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Hi,

When I copy numbers like 03-05 (which is the year range 2003-2005) to
excel, it always automatically reformat that number to Mar-05. How can
I just have it display as is without formatting to m/y?


Format the cells as text, then Paste Special/ Text
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