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.

Numbers stored as text in Microsoft Excel aren’t necessarily wrong. For instance, a street address that begins with numbers—555 Town Street—is stored as text.

If the numbers keep changing to dates in Microsoft Excel, you can use the following methods to fix the issue: Format cells as text. Insert an apostrophe before the number.