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I need to use the equal sign (=) before a word and not have excel read it as
a formula. I can't remember how to enter my data.
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Either format the cell to Text before data entry or precede the = with an
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I need to use the equal sign (=) before a word and not have excel read it as
a formula. I can't remember how to enter my data.

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