Transforming text-formatted numbers into numbers

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In spreadsheets, when numbers are formatted as text , some

functions that are related to numbers become unavailable. To change the text-formatted numbers back to real numbers, one way is to reenter the numbers after modifying the cell properties. If you have a column of text-formatted numbers to transform and do not want to reenter

the numbers, use the following way.

To transform a column of text-formatted numbers into numbers, do the following steps:
  1. Select the column of cells with text-formatted numbers.
  2. From the main menu, click Data > Text to Columns. The Text to Columns window opens.
  3. In the Fields area, click the column in the preview list, and then select Standard from the Column type list.
    S text to columns window.jpg
  4. Click OK.
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