How do I stop Excel from changing numbers into a date?

I would like to type in 1-3 but it keeps getting turned into 3-Jan. I have
turned off every option in excel that I can find but it still keeps happening.

Pre-format the cells as text or pre-fix entry with a single apostrophe. (It
will not show but will stop the conversion)

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HTH
Nick Hodge
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Southampton, England
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"Buckwildbill" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I would like to type in 1-3 but it keeps getting turned into 3-Jan. I have
> turned off every option in excel that I can find but it still keeps
> happening.