How to stop Excel from changing the cell properties?

[Ikke]

Hi everyone,

I've just started using Excel for some small spreadsheet I need to have,
and I've stumbled upon a little problem.

Whenever I enter some text in a cell (for example August 2004), Excel
converts it to a 'date' format (aug/2004) which is not what I want.

How can I stop Excel from making these conversions, and tell it to keep
what I type?

Thanks in advance,

Ikke

 

[Paul B]

Ikke, format the cell as text or put a ' in front of it, you want see the '
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[Bob Phillips]

precede it with a single apostrophe ', or format the cell as text.

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[Ikke]

precede it with a single apostrophe ', or format the cell as text.

Thanks Bob and Paul, I'll try that. Formatting the cell as text did not
help, because then the 'august 2004' part is changed into a number.

Regards,

Ikke

 

[Paul B]

Ikke, you will need to format the cell as text before you put in August
2004, then it will stay that way
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Feedback on answers is always appreciated!
Using Excel 2002 & 2003

 

[Guest]

Ikke,

you can customize the date in Excel. Fromat cells (CTRL+1), Number tab, in
Category seelct Custom. The format of date as you mentioned enter in the Type
text files:
mmmm yyyy
mmmm stands for fully named monthy; yyyy stand for 4 digits year.

Enjoy!