I have a worksheet that has 57 columns which have numeric values but they are
being recognized as text instead of numeric values. I know that I can do
TextToColumns on each column to get the values to be recognized as numeric,
but that takes too long. Is there a way to either put the TextToColumns in a
For/Next loop or is there some easier way to have all values on the sheet
that are numeric recognized as numeric?

This sometimes works:
Click on an empty cell and use Copy; select all the cells with the problem;
and use Edit | Paste Special with Add specified. The arithmetic operation
often coerces text to number.
best wishes
--
Bernard V Liengme
Microsoft Excel MVP
http://people.stfx.ca/bliengme
remove caps from email

"prozewski" wrote in message
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I have a worksheet that has 57 columns which have numeric values but they
are
being recognized as text instead of numeric values. I know that I can do
TextToColumns on each column to get the values to be recognized as
numeric,
but that takes too long. Is there a way to either put the TextToColumns in
a
For/Next loop or is there some easier way to have all values on the sheet
that are numeric recognized as numeric?

While you could make this into a macro if you want, the code can be run
directly from the Immediate Window... just execute these two lines of code
in the order shown...

Range("A:BE").NumberFormat = "General"
Range("A:BE").Value = Range("A:BE").Value

--
Rick (MVP - Excel)


"prozewski" wrote in message
...
I have a worksheet that has 57 columns which have numeric values but they
are
being recognized as text instead of numeric values. I know that I can do
TextToColumns on each column to get the values to be recognized as
numeric,
but that takes too long. Is there a way to either put the TextToColumns in
a
For/Next loop or is there some easier way to have all values on the sheet
that are numeric recognized as numeric?

Unfortunately that will not work because then all of the formatting that is
in place disappears. Text To Columns works, but I can't figure out how to do
a loop so that it starts at column A:A and goes through to the last column.
Thanks,
Paul

"Bernard Liengme" wrote:

This sometimes works:
Click on an empty cell and use Copy; select all the cells with the problem;
and use Edit | Paste Special with Add specified. The arithmetic operation
often coerces text to number.
best wishes
--
Bernard V Liengme
Microsoft Excel MVP
http://people.stfx.ca/bliengme
remove caps from email

"prozewski" wrote in message
...
I have a worksheet that has 57 columns which have numeric values but they
are
being recognized as text instead of numeric values. I know that I can do
TextToColumns on each column to get the values to be recognized as
numeric,
but that takes too long. Is there a way to either put the TextToColumns in
a
For/Next loop or is there some easier way to have all values on the sheet
that are numeric recognized as numeric?

That is awesome! This is just one small thing the macro is doing and it is an
enormous help.
Thank you very much!!!
Paul

"Rick Rothstein" wrote:

While you could make this into a macro if you want, the code can be run
directly from the Immediate Window... just execute these two lines of code
in the order shown...

Range("A:BE").NumberFormat = "General"
Range("A:BE").Value = Range("A:BE").Value

--
Rick (MVP - Excel)


"prozewski" wrote in message
...
I have a worksheet that has 57 columns which have numeric values but they
are
being recognized as text instead of numeric values. I know that I can do
TextToColumns on each column to get the values to be recognized as
numeric,
but that takes too long. Is there a way to either put the TextToColumns in
a
For/Next loop or is there some easier way to have all values on the sheet
that are numeric recognized as numeric?