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Default Text to Number format

Hi,

Try one of the following:

1. Find space and replace with blank; or
2. Select the dataset and go to Data Text to columns Finish

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Ashish Mathur
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I have copied a column of numbers to excel and now cannot apply any
formulas
because the numbers are text. How can I convert the text to numbers?
Thanks.
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