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 ...

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 ...

Microsoft Excel has a feature that allows you to convert a number into a date, which is quite simple to do. This tutorial explains the steps to convert a number into a date format in Excel.

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 ...

Has anybody got a simple way of converting in Excel a text string showing for example "33.00-" into a negative number. Normally I just multiple the text by 1 and it converts it into a number, but it ...