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Web import - number format problem
The data in a column of a web page that I have imported into Excel is
originally like this: 40-2 39+6 39 38-2 When the web page is imported, Excel interprets "40-2" and "38-2" as dates. In fact they are not. So now the cell which contains "40-2" has "1940-02-01" as data. How can I stop Excel from interpret text such as "40-2" as dates? If I can't do that, how can I get it back into its original format? |
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Web import - number format problem
try pre-formatting as text
-- Don Guillett SalesAid Software "Shatin" wrote in message ... The data in a column of a web page that I have imported into Excel is originally like this: 40-2 39+6 39 38-2 When the web page is imported, Excel interprets "40-2" and "38-2" as dates. In fact they are not. So now the cell which contains "40-2" has "1940-02-01" as data. How can I stop Excel from interpret text such as "40-2" as dates? If I can't do that, how can I get it back into its original format? |
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