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JBravo1217
Sep 17, 2023Copper Contributor
Excel Won't Recognize Copied Cell Data Unless I Hit Enter On Each Cell
I am relatively new to Excel and I am trying to make line charts for each of these copied datasets. The issue I am having is that I have to individually press enter on each cell for the number to sho...
JBravo1217
Sep 18, 2023Copper Contributor
The cells are already formatted as Number. I'm sorry I don't understand your instructions. Why should I select an empty cell and copy it?
HansVogelaar
Sep 18, 2023MVP
When we use an empty cell to add its value to the cells with the left-aligned values, Excel treats it as if it contains 0. By adding 0 to a text value that looks like a number, we force Excel to convert that text value to a number.
Why don't you try it? It won't take much time...