D Dave Peterson Jun 1, 2005 #2 If that character isn't the prefix character ('1234 to force a text entry of 1234), then you can just do a Find and replace. If that character is the prefix character and you want to convert text numbers to number numbers, one way: Select the column Data|text to columns|Finish Another way if the range isn't a single column: copy an empty cell select your range edit|paste special|check Add If this doesn't help, you may want to give an example of what you need--plain text--not a workbook.
If that character isn't the prefix character ('1234 to force a text entry of 1234), then you can just do a Find and replace. If that character is the prefix character and you want to convert text numbers to number numbers, one way: Select the column Data|text to columns|Finish Another way if the range isn't a single column: copy an empty cell select your range edit|paste special|check Add If this doesn't help, you may want to give an example of what you need--plain text--not a workbook.
