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Excel 97 automatic cell format
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I have a problem with one of my users under Excel 97, when he put the 01.02.03 value in a cell with the "general" format, Excel change the cell format to "Date"... but we do not want it to be a date. It is not doing that under other Excel version (2002, XP...) only on 97 Help on that would be appreciate Many thanks |
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Excel 97 automatic cell format
Hi Stef
I think the only way is to format the cell as text before you type 01.02.03 Or type '01.02.03 , you don't see the ' in the cell -- Regards Ron de Bruin (Win XP Pro SP-1 XL2002 SP-2) www.rondebruin.nl "Stef" wrote in message ... Hi, I have a problem with one of my users under Excel 97, when he put the 01.02.03 value in a cell with the "general" format, Excel change the cell format to "Date"... but we do not want it to be a date. It is not doing that under other Excel version (2002, XP...) only on 97 Help on that would be appreciate Many thanks |
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