From: Ashish Mathur on
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

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Regards,

Ashish Mathur
Microsoft Excel MVP

"Janet" <Janet(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> 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.
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> Janet