how to use the number format

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Everytime i type in 9 - 2 it automatically changes to 09- feb. i changed the
number format to general but it keeps changing back to custom. how can i fix
this?
 
Change the cell's format to Text (or precede the entry with an apostrophe...
it won't print and the entry will be text).
 
Everytime i type in 9 - 2 it automatically changes to 09- feb. i changed the
number format to general but it keeps changing back to custom. how can i fix
this?
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What do you want the result to be?

If you want the cell to display
9 - 2
then enter '9 - 2

If you want the cell to display
7
then enter =9-2

Hope this helps / Lars-Åke
 
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