While Excel files can accept both text and numbers in the cells, most equations, calculations, and formulas that the program runs need numerical values to function properly and give you a result. As ...

Type the formula =Value() and inside the parentheses, type a cell reference that contains text stored as numbers. In this example, it’s cell A2 . Press Enter.

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.

The VALUE function is used to convert a text string that represents a number into a numerical value. Here’s the syntax: =VALUE(text) text: The text string that you want to convert into a number. In ...

You can change the number format to text but this only partly solves the problem. It means any future numbers entered will be seen as text, but Excel only reads the existing codes as text once you ...