what kind of "numbers" are they? just 16 digit numbers in a text field. If
you go =value(a1) excel will change it to scientific notation, whateverE+16
Is that not happening?

"Daniel CHEN" wrote:

Try this:
1) In any cell type number 1
2) Press Ctrl+C to copy the above cell
3) Select the whole range which contains the text/numbers
4) Go to menu: Edit/Paste Special, check Paste - Values, Operation -
Multiple

This will mutiply all cells by 1 and auto convert those text into numbers.

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"Guilherme Loretti" wrote in
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I have a table that has a column with "numbers" with 16 characters which I
cannot convert to number format using regular ways (if we use the formula
isnumber that will return FALSE). i tried to use MID, etc but still cannot
convert them in numbers. Is there somehow an easier way to do it?