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Format numbers as text Select the cell or range of cells that contains the numbers that you want to format as text. How to select cells or a range.On the Home tab, in the Number group, click the arrow next to the Number Format box, and then click Text.

If you need to convert dates to text (i.e. date to string conversion) , you can use the TEXT function. The TEXT function can use patterns like "dd/mm/yyyy", "yyyy-mm-dd", etc. to convert a valid date to a text value.

Insert a static date or time into an Excel cell To insert the current date, press Ctrl+; (semi-colon). To insert the current time, press Ctrl+Shift+; (semi-colon). To insert the current date and time, press Ctrl+; (semi-colon), then press Space, and then press Ctrl+Shift+; (semi-colon).

2.1 Convert date to number in 5-digit format Right click at the cell which contains the date you want to convert to number, and in the right-click menu, select Format Cells common. In Format Cells dialogff0cunder Number tabff0c select General from the pane of Category. Click OK.

Select all of the dates you want to convert and press Ctrl+C to copy them. Open Notepad or any other text editor, and paste the copied dates there. Notepad automatically converts the dates to the text format. Press Ctrl+A to select all text strings, and then Ctrl+C to copy them.

Select a blank cell (says cell B2) adjacent to the serial number cell you need to convert to date, then enter formula =TEXT(A2,"m/d/yyyy") into the Formula Bar, and press the Enter key.

Use the SpellNumber function in individual cells Type the formula =SpellNumber(A1) into the cell where you want to display a written number, where A1 is the cell containing the number you want to convert. You can also manually type the value like =SpellNumber(22.50). Press Enter to confirm the formula.