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» Displaying the serial number behind Date format in Microsoft Excel

Select a cell and enter today date into the cell by pressing Ctrl+; than press Ctrl+~.

Press Ctrl+~ again to restore the sheet to its normal appearance.

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Displaying the serial number behind Date format in Microsoft Excel

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John  Posted on: 31-12-1969
Right click on the cell and choose format cell.
Then choose text
This should stop "9-11" from becoming a date and leave it as "9-11"
Is this a bug
james  Posted on: 31-12-1969
I have had so much trouble with this at work, is it a bug in excell any machine that i try and put in "9-11" it will revert to a date when i do not want it to be a date it is meant to be "9 TO 11" i am stumped can you please help.
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