change the format of cell

E

Exceller

I have uploaded an excell spreadsheet and seem that all cells are text
formatted.
I can`t change to fromat of cell to number.
"Format cell" dosen`t working or change anything.
 
R

Ron Rosenfeld

I have uploaded an excell spreadsheet and seem that all cells are text
formatted.
I can`t change to fromat of cell to number.
"Format cell" dosen`t working or change anything.

Changing the format will not do that.

You need to coerce these values to numbers by performing a math operation.

One method, after formatting the cells as General or Number:

Select and copy a blank cell.

Select the data.
Edit/Paste-Special/Add

--ron
 

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