From: Ashish Mathur on 4 Apr 2010 22:56 Hi, Try one of the following: 1. Find space and replace with blank; or 2. Select the dataset and go to Data > Text to columns > Finish -- Regards, Ashish Mathur Microsoft Excel MVP "Janet" <Janet(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:ECFB4C8E-7C22-4ED1-A3B8-69109F2698A2(a)microsoft.com... > I have copied a column of numbers to excel and now cannot apply any > formulas > because the numbers are text. How can I convert the text to numbers? > Thanks. > -- > Janet |