automatic date formatting

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Terry Freedman

Hi
When I import data from a survey into excel, it automatically converts
a column containing age ranges to dates. EG, it converts 5-7 to 5th
July. Is there any way to prevent this happening please?

Thanks
Terry
 
Terry Freedman said:
Hi
When I import data from a survey into excel, it automatically converts
a column containing age ranges to dates. EG, it converts 5-7 to 5th
July. Is there any way to prevent this happening please?

Thanks
Terry
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Format the column as text BEFORE importing.
 

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