Sally,

Select all the cells that you need to convert, and run this macro:

Sub TryNow()
Dim mycell As Range
For Each mycell In Selection
mycell.Value = Evaluate(mycell.Text)
Next mycell
End Sub

HTH,
Bernie
MS Excel MVP


"Sally" wrote in message
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I have 40 thousands database of excel spreadsheet to convert from text eg.
12+3 to value. I tried many ways in doing but not success. Please help. thanks