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WHY DATE FORMAT??
My cell is formatted for ...GENERAL!
I type in 9-6 to depict a football score. The outcome is 6-Sept...instead of 9-6. The format JUMPS to CUSTOM ...(d-mmm)!!!!!!!!!!!!! Why does this occur? Thanks, FLKulchar |
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WHY DATE FORMAT??
Excel likes to help. If it sees you enter something that looks like a date, it
figures you want to use a date. But sometimes this helping is irritating. You can either pre-format the cell as text or start your entry with an apostrophe like: '9-6 F. Lawrence Kulchar wrote: My cell is formatted for ...GENERAL! I type in 9-6 to depict a football score. The outcome is 6-Sept...instead of 9-6. The format JUMPS to CUSTOM ...(d-mmm)!!!!!!!!!!!!! Why does this occur? Thanks, FLKulchar -- Dave Peterson |
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