Typing in the term 1-30 in a cell always returns the date Jan-30. I
understand date formatting but I would like to display the term 1-30. The
next cell is 31-60 and displays properly. How do I do this. Thankyou.
Don Guillett - 10 Sep 2006 23:34 GMT
pre-format as text or use ' before

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> Typing in the term 1-30 in a cell always returns the date Jan-30. I
> understand date formatting but I would like to display the term 1-30. The
> next cell is 31-60 and displays properly. How do I do this. Thankyou.
Gord Dibben - 11 Sep 2006 02:20 GMT
Type an apostrophe first then the 1-30
Or pre-format the cells to Text.
Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP
>Typing in the term 1-30 in a cell always returns the date Jan-30. I
>understand date formatting but I would like to display the term 1-30. The
>next cell is 31-60 and displays properly. How do I do this. Thankyou.
Hank - 11 Sep 2006 06:35 GMT
Thank you for the help. The answer was so simple that I couldn't see it. Not
even after 2 days of looking. Thank you, again.
> Typing in the term 1-30 in a cell always returns the date Jan-30. I
> understand date formatting but I would like to display the term 1-30. The
> next cell is 31-60 and displays properly. How do I do this. Thankyou.