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Is this cell protection?

  1. #1
    DestinySky
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    Is this cell protection?

    I am working on a spreadsheet that has a ' at the beginning of each cell
    containing a number. BUT you can only see the ' in the formula bar, not in
    the cell itself. What is this and how can I remove it??!!??!!?



  2. #2
    bpeltzer
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    RE: Is this cell protection?

    That apostrophe causing the number to be treated as a text string. If you
    need to convert them all to numbers, I usually just put the number 0 in some
    random cell, copy it, then select the offending cells and Edit > Paste
    Special, select Values and Add, then click OK
    --Bruce

    "DestinySky" wrote:

    > I am working on a spreadsheet that has a ' at the beginning of each cell
    > containing a number. BUT you can only see the ' in the formula bar, not in
    > the cell itself. What is this and how can I remove it??!!??!!?
    >
    >


  3. #3
    DestinySky
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    RE: Is this cell protection?

    Thank you thank you thank you!!! IT WORKED!!! :o)

    "bpeltzer" wrote:

    > That apostrophe causing the number to be treated as a text string. If you
    > need to convert them all to numbers, I usually just put the number 0 in some
    > random cell, copy it, then select the offending cells and Edit > Paste
    > Special, select Values and Add, then click OK
    > --Bruce
    >
    > "DestinySky" wrote:
    >
    > > I am working on a spreadsheet that has a ' at the beginning of each cell
    > > containing a number. BUT you can only see the ' in the formula bar, not in
    > > the cell itself. What is this and how can I remove it??!!??!!?
    > >
    > >


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