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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...