How do I fix a date format error in Excel?
Excel 2003. I'm entering data into a spreadsheet that has the date as the
first column. It worked fine for 50 columns, using the 01-Mar-06 date format. Suddenly in column 51, after entering the next date (11 May 06) and pressing tab to move to the next column, the date displayed as "#########" instead of "11-May-06." I tried re-formatting the one cell and the entire column. The correctly-displayed dates through column 50 still looked good, but no matter what I tried from the formatting menu column 51 and later return the multiple number signs instead of a date. What's up? |
How do I fix a date format error in Excel?
Widen the column?
-- Regards, Peo Sjoblom Excel 95 - Excel 2007 Northwest Excel Solutions www.nwexcelsolutions.com "It is a good thing to follow the first law of holes; if you are in one stop digging." Lord Healey "Dale_C141" wrote in message ... Excel 2003. I'm entering data into a spreadsheet that has the date as the first column. It worked fine for 50 columns, using the 01-Mar-06 date format. Suddenly in column 51, after entering the next date (11 May 06) and pressing tab to move to the next column, the date displayed as "#########" instead of "11-May-06." I tried re-formatting the one cell and the entire column. The correctly-displayed dates through column 50 still looked good, but no matter what I tried from the formatting menu column 51 and later return the multiple number signs instead of a date. What's up? |
How do I fix a date format error in Excel?
"#########" is Excel speak for the column not being wide enough to display the
results. You need to widen the column. The easiest way is to position the cursor on the right hand edge of the column headings (the line between E and F for column E, for example). The cursor will change to a double headed arrow. Now double click. Excel will choose a column width which will display every cell in the column. -- Regards, Fred "Dale_C141" wrote in message ... Excel 2003. I'm entering data into a spreadsheet that has the date as the first column. It worked fine for 50 columns, using the 01-Mar-06 date format. Suddenly in column 51, after entering the next date (11 May 06) and pressing tab to move to the next column, the date displayed as "#########" instead of "11-May-06." I tried re-formatting the one cell and the entire column. The correctly-displayed dates through column 50 still looked good, but no matter what I tried from the formatting menu column 51 and later return the multiple number signs instead of a date. What's up? |
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