I have a macro that uses the following code to copy the value from
the named range "a" to the named range "b" in another workbook:

a.Formula = a.Value2
a.Copy b

The problem is that the "b" cell gets formatted as Date, even though
it's preformatted as Text and the "a" cell also is formatted as Text.
(The "a" cell contains text like 11/2004, so the value is interpreted
as a date on arrival.)

I need to ensure that the "b" cell is formatted as Text, and that it
doesn't convert the original text to a "date number" like 38292. How
can this be done??