Was this in Excel, or in a table? It sounds like the cell was formatted as a date. If you're in Excel, select the cell you want to change and go to format cells with control-1, control-tab to general--numbers, tab to categoryy, arrow to text and hit enter. Now 1/2 should read one half. -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx