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How to have excel read these numbers as such instead of text
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Are you frustrated with Excel treating your imported data as text instead of numbers? This common issue can slow down your workflow, especially when you need to create pivot tables quickly. Fortunately, there’s an efficient way to convert those stubborn text entries into numbers all at once. By leveraging Excel’s built-in features, you can transform your dataset seamlessly, saving valuable time and effort.
I have imported data from a website, but it's reading it as text instead of a number. When I double click and press enter it actually turns into a number, but I need to quickly turn them all into numbers instead of going one by one in order to make a pivot table.
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