Excel Tips: Convert Text to Numbers Instantly!

Mr. Devotor

Are your numbers stored as text in Excel? Don’t worry — in this video, you’ll learn how to convert text to numbers in Excel using multiple simple and effective methods.  From using the error icon, Paste Special, and VALUE function, to the Text to Columns trick, I’ll show you every easy way to fix this issue in seconds. Perfect for beginners and professionals who work with Excel data every day!  📌 What you’ll learn:  How to identify numbers stored as text  How to use the “Convert to Number” feature  How to use Paste Special (Multiply by 1)  How to use the VALUE formula  How to fix formatting issues  💡 Watch till the end to make sure your Excel sheet works perfectly!  #ExcelTips #ExcelTutorial #DataFix #SpreadsheetHelp #ExcelForBeginners  🔖 Hashtags  #Excel #ExcelTips #ExcelTutorial #MicrosoftExcel #ExcelForBeginners #DataEntry #ExcelFormula #ExcelTraining #ExcelHelp #SpreadsheetTips #LearnExcel

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00:00hi everyone in this video i will guide you how to turn text into numbers like a pro

00:06in excel numbers are stored as text and you will often see as a green triangle in the corner of

00:13the cell so select the cell click on this icon and convert your number and this is where you can

00:22easily convert text into numbers so this is a short term solution if you have a big data

00:29so it is extremely difficult and to convert text into numbers so how you can do that with the

00:35formulas you need to type is equal to type value open the bracket select the cells close bracket

00:47hit enter and drag it and that's it you can see that all the text values are converted into

00:55numbers another way is that type one in any of cell then copy ctrl c select all the data set and

01:08right click click on the paste special and here you need to click on the multiply and divide and hit

01:17okay and now that's all the all text values are converted into numbers another way is that

01:26copy all the data set go to the data and here click on text to columns

01:36click on delimited and click on next next and click on the finish and the values are converted into numbers

01:50so in this video you have learned how to identify numbers stored as text and use the convert to number

01:57feature and also you have learned that how to use space special multiply by one

02:02and then how to use the value formula to fix the formatting issues

02:09so if you think this video is helpful please vote my channel thanks for watching

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