I have a column of date data that is in text format by design. I want
to do a find and replace for this column to change "/2003" to "/03",
"/2004" to "/04", etc. I have coded this into my macro, but Excel
automatically sets the cell format to a date type when the find and
replace occurs. Is there any way to stop this from happening? Can I
lock the format of these cells?

Thanks!



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If you place a single quote in front of each cell entry ('), it will be treated as text and the replace will leave the entry as
text.

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John Green - Excel MVP
Sydney
Australia


"bslater" wrote in message ...
I have a column of date data that is in text format by design. I want
to do a find and replace for this column to change "/2003" to "/03",
"/2004" to "/04", etc. I have coded this into my macro, but Excel
automatically sets the cell format to a date type when the find and
replace occurs. Is there any way to stop this from happening? Can I
lock the format of these cells?

Thanks!



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