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.

To ignore all numbers stored as text, you need to open the Data tab and select the Text to Columns option. Then, select the Delimited option from the Convert Text to Columns wizard.

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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.

Excel's Convert Text to Columns Wizard works only on one column at a time. If the data is in the first column, for example, click on the letter "A" above the column to select the entire column ...

If your data includes inconsistent types, such as numbers mixed with text in the same column, this automatic step can cause ‘DataFormat.Error: We couldn’t convert to Number’.

For example, to convert 37.3 C in cell B3 below, I’ve entered the formula =CONVERT(B3,”C”,”F”) in cell B9 to derive 99.1 F. The syntax of this function requires you to reference the number to be ...

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