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MS Office Forum / Excel / New Users / January 2006Stopping autoformat when replacing cells.
I'm trying to replace text cells that read 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, etc. to be 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, etc. I've been going to Find and finding "1-" and replacing with "2-", which changes the 1-1, for example to 38749. What am I doing wrong? Hi Excel is treating 1-1 etc as a date - and hence it comes up with 38749 (which is 1st Feb). I would suggest either formatting the cells to Text before you start or prefixing your entries with ' Andy. > I'm trying to replace text cells that read 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, etc. to be 2-1, > 2-2, 2-3, etc. I've been going to Find and finding "1-" and replacing > with > "2-", which changes the 1-1, for example to 38749. What am I doing wrong? Thank you so much! All fixed! > Hi > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > with > > "2-", which changes the 1-1, for example to 38749. What am I doing wrong? Thanks for the feedback! Andy. > Thank you so much! All fixed! > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >> > "2-", which changes the 1-1, for example to 38749. What am I doing >> > wrong? |
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