$$Excel-Macros$$ Date formatting prob! help!

2013-09-20 Thread Dawn
Hi! 
Im updating my skills in excel and have created a spreadsheet with heaps of 
dates in a column.  They have 'somehow' all changed to a five digit 
number!  The original date can still be seen in the text bar at the top but 
doesn't appear in the cell.  Ive tried to format the column back to a short 
date but it doesn't work. Obviously Ive done something wrong.  Can one of 
your experts help me here please.  
PS  Im an older Mum and this is a 'relearning' curve for me.  Thanks in 
advance!

 

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Re: $$Excel-Macros$$ Date formatting prob! help!

2013-09-20 Thread De Premor
Try To Press Button CTRL + ` (a button before button 1, in the top of 
TAB button bellow the ESC ) :D


Or

Goto Menu Formula then deactivate Sub Menu Show Formulas

On 20-09-2013 22:01, Dawn wrote:

Hi!
Im updating my skills in excel and have created a spreadsheet with 
heaps of dates in a column.  They have 'somehow' all changed to a five 
digit number!  The original date can still be seen in the text bar at 
the top but doesn't appear in the cell.  Ive tried to format the 
column back to a short date but it doesn't work. Obviously Ive done 
something wrong.  Can one of your experts help me here please.
PS  Im an older Mum and this is a 'relearning' curve for me.  Thanks 
in advance!


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Re: $$Excel-Macros$$ Date formatting prob! help!

2013-09-20 Thread Sam Mathai Chacko
Hi mum,

The 5 digit number is the equivalent value of the corresponding date in
that cell. You should see the correct format if you press CTRL+`

` is normally found just about the TAB key

Regards,
Sam Mathai Chacko


On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 8:31 PM, Dawn dawn1909simp...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hi!
 Im updating my skills in excel and have created a spreadsheet with heaps
 of dates in a column.  They have 'somehow' all changed to a five digit
 number!  The original date can still be seen in the text bar at the top but
 doesn't appear in the cell.  Ive tried to format the column back to a short
 date but it doesn't work. Obviously Ive done something wrong.  Can one of
 your experts help me here please.
 PS  Im an older Mum and this is a 'relearning' curve for me.  Thanks in
 advance!



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