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Default auto correct numbers with dates

I am trying to copy a text from a webpage into excel. The problem is that
some of the things I am trying to copy are numbers like 16-1 excel then
wantsto format it to a date so in excel 16-1 turns up like 16 jan. I know
that i can format the cell to text instead of dates... but I am going to copy
past hundreds of times and I therefor want to preformat the cells... cause
even if I format the cell to a text cell before I paste my numbers it is
still returning it as a date. I have also tried to use the command "paste
special" but then my text doen not appears in the different columns that I
want. Is there some to lock the cells from reformating when I am pasting in
them or even better...can I turn this autocorrect to dates function off?

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