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Help With Excel 2007

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krishnandu.sarkar
krishnandu.sarkar Original post #1
Jul 22, 2009 at 8:22 PM
Hi frndz........When I type 2/14 in any cell it gets automatically converted to 14-Feb. What shud I do to stop this???

No Auto-Formatting pop up is coming from which I may revert the change. I also tried to stop auto-formatting. But no results. Pls help. I need to submit ths excel document to coll 2moro. Plz help ASAP.


Thnx in advance
P
Jul 22, 2009 at 8:46 PM
Type it in like this:

`2/14

The ` is the leftmost of the number keys : ~/`

Whatever is entered in a cell with the apostrophe is front of it will automatically be treated as text.
krishnandu.sarkar
Jul 22, 2009 at 8:51 PM
thnx........!!

I found another way......

Well b4 writing nythng 2 cell If I convert it to text.......it doesn't get changed....!!!
P
Jul 22, 2009 at 8:54 PM
That is the other way.

Good to see you got it solved.
K
Aug 1, 2009 at 11:34 PM
I have another problem.
I am not getting the small square at the bottom right hand corner of selected cell. As a result most of the guys in my family are not able to click on it and copy the contents or formula in the cells below. Plz help.
P
Aug 3, 2009 at 7:25 PM
I have another problem.
I am not getting the small square at the bottom right hand corner of selected cell. As a result most of the guys in my family are not able to click on it and copy the contents or formula in the cells below. Plz help.

Look at the attached picture. That option should have be checked to enable drag fill. You can find it Excel Options (Orb>Excel Options) on the Advanced page.

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