Spread the loveExcel is a powerful tool that enables you to organize vast amounts of data with great ease. However, if the data you are working with contains dates and they are in text format, it may ...

Wondering how to convert text to numbers in Excel? Our guide features three different methods for the task.

How do I ignore all numbers stored as text in Excel? To ignore all numbers stored as text, you need to open the Data tab and select the Text to Columns option.

Using the Excel Text to Column feature, you can choose how to split the column up, fix the width, or split at each comma, period, or other characters.

Luckily, Excel offers handy formulas that allow you to convert text into upper case, lower case, title case, and even sentence case with minimal effort.

You can convert OpenOffice.org text documents to Excel with the text import tool. Save the text document with the .txt file extension, open it in Excel and save it as an Excel spreadsheet.