I am in the process of entering values into a Microsoft XL Spreadsheet and
one of the coumns associated the value 2.13 with February 13th. This is very
frustrating since I cannot accurately sum the rows or columns with a date in
it. How do I turn off the function that automatically puts a date into the
column? The help section notes how to turn it on, but not turn it off.

Should be a simple matter of changing the cells' format from Date to Number

Select the cell(s) giving you trouble, press Ctrl-1 or use the menu to
select Format|Cells, then select the Number tab and change the format to
Number or General



"bob condon" wrote:

I am in the process of entering values into a Microsoft XL Spreadsheet and
one of the coumns associated the value 2.13 with February 13th. This is very
frustrating since I cannot accurately sum the rows or columns with a date in
it. How do I turn off the function that automatically puts a date into the
column? The help section notes how to turn it on, but not turn it off.

Bob

Check your date sepearator in Windows Regional Options.

Change to something other than the decimal point.


Gord Dibben Excel MVP

On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 10:19:04 -0700, "bob condon" <bob
wrote:

I am in the process of entering values into a Microsoft XL Spreadsheet and
one of the coumns associated the value 2.13 with February 13th. This is very
frustrating since I cannot accurately sum the rows or columns with a date in
it. How do I turn off the function that automatically puts a date into the
column? The help section notes how to turn it on, but not turn it off.

"Duke Carey" wrote:

Should be a simple matter of changing the cells' format from Date to Number

Select the cell(s) giving you trouble, press Ctrl-1 or use the menu to
select Format|Cells, then select the Number tab and change the format to
Number or General



I am in the process of entering values into a Microsoft XL Spreadsheet and
one of the coumns associated the value 2.13 with February 13th. This is very
frustrating since I cannot accurately sum the rows or columns with a date in
it. How do I turn off the function that automatically puts a date into the
column? The help section notes how to turn it on, but not turn it off.


I had it entering numbers the whole time, so why the hell did it change to
dates in the first place? Vista sucks ass, when this computer dies I'm
switching to Mac.
Darin.

Enjoy your new computer, running Excel written by Microsoft. When you're
interested in solutions, post back with a question.

Regards,
Fred

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"Duke Carey" wrote:

Should be a simple matter of changing the cells' format from Date to
Number

Select the cell(s) giving you trouble, press Ctrl-1 or use the menu to
select Format|Cells, then select the Number tab and change the format to
Number or General



I am in the process of entering values into a Microsoft XL Spreadsheet
and
one of the coumns associated the value 2.13 with February 13th. This
is very
frustrating since I cannot accurately sum the rows or columns with a
date in
it. How do I turn off the function that automatically puts a date into
the
column? The help section notes how to turn it on, but not turn it off.


I had it entering numbers the whole time, so why the hell did it change to
dates in the first place? Vista sucks ass, when this computer dies I'm
switching to Mac.
Darin.