Stopping autoformat when replacing cells.

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I'm trying to replace text cells that read 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, etc. to be 2-1,
2-2, 2-3, etc. I've been going to Find and finding "1-" and replacing with
"2-", which changes the 1-1, for example to 38749. What am I doing wrong?
 
Hi

Excel is treating 1-1 etc as a date - and hence it comes up with 38749
(which is 1st Feb).
I would suggest either formatting the cells to Text before you start or
prefixing your entries with '

Andy.
 
Thank you so much! All fixed!

Andy said:
Hi

Excel is treating 1-1 etc as a date - and hence it comes up with 38749
(which is 1st Feb).
I would suggest either formatting the cells to Text before you start or
prefixing your entries with '

Andy.
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