Microsoft Excel multiplies each cell by 1, and in doing so, converts the text to numbers. We hope this tutorial helps you understand how to convert numbers stored as text to numbers in Excel. Why ...

Microsoft Excel depends on data that’s stored correctly. If you receive text values that should be real numbers, use one of these methods to get you back to the real work.

Syntax: =PROPER(text) Just like its case-changing cousins, PROPER needs only the text to convert. It’s especially useful when ...

Navigate to the "Number" group within the "Home" tab in Excel. Click the small arrow beside the "Number Format" box. Click "Text" to convert your cells to text formatting.

Ultimately, Excel expects you to enter text, numbers, formulas, or mathematical symbols only into its cells, so you should avoid inserting anything else—including currency symbols.

Open the Excel 2010 files that holds your phone numbers. Click on the cell that you want to change into a series of numbers spread out over several columns, or click on the letter above the column ...

Excel filters help you find exactly what you want, no matter how big your spreadsheet database is. Here's how to set number, text and data filters.

When this happens, use the DATEVALUE function to convert the text dates to Excel serial numbers. To test this function, enter five dates—as text—in cells A5 through A9.