Cell format - how to disable auto date

[KH_GS]

I want the cell to be "3 - 5" but it auto changes it to "5-Mar".

How do I stop that from happening besides using '3-5 ?

[Peo Sjoblom]

Only way is to either precede each entry with an apostrophe ' (it's not
visible in the cell) or to pre-format as text

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Peo Sjoblom

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> How do I stop that from happening besides using '3-5 ?
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[Dave Peterson]

Preformat the cell as Text, then type your entry.

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> I want the cell to be "3 - 5" but it auto changes it to "5-Mar".
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> How do I stop that from happening besides using '3-5 ?
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