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Jamie Kelly
 
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Default Why will my cells not format?

I have collected about 1000 points of data from the HyperTerminal program and
saved the data as two file formats one being .txt and the othet .csv. When I
load the .csv file I am not taken through the wizard which is okay. When I
load the .txt file I am. Anyways, my question is.. why will my cells not
format? Currently this is what the cell looks like that i want to format
"01/12/06 15:38:17" and there is one for every second for about 1000 seconds.
Excel reads these cells as general cells, I am curious why I can not change
them to a date format. The reason I want them to be a date format is because
I will be graphing this informat and it needs to be acurate as I am writing a
manual on how to setup a "Internal Data Logger for a portable D.O. analyzer"
and how to send the information to a computer. Any help?

Recap: Why will my date/time cell "01/12/06 15:38:17" not format to lets say
"Thursday, January 12, 2006?

I do believe the cells are locked.. but when I unlock them.. still nothing
happens.
 
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