Hi Patty, Thanks for mentioning the Ctrl + 1 trick. I have been using Excel for a while and did not know about this. Any more tricks like this?? :):):) Thanks again. Best Regards, Abed --- On Tue, 4/27/10, pksun24@xxxxxxxxxxx <pksun24@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: pksun24@xxxxxxxxxxx <pksun24@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [mso] Re: Standard Dates in Excel To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Tuesday, April 27, 2010, 10:15 AM Not sure why this is happening, but try selecting the entire Column (A), and click Ctrl + 1. (I'm not sure which version of Excel you have, but this should bring up the formatting menu no matter what). Then make sure date is selected, and the format you desire. Make sure you click Ok. Hopefully, this will work Patty Ball Reg. Tech Coordinator Northeast System for Adult Basic Ed Support (SABES) Lawrence, MA ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu at the top. This will allow you to unsubscribe your email address or change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to share files with the group, you must join our Yahoo sister group. This group will not allow for posting of emails, but will allow you to join and share problem files, templates, etc.: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MicrosoftOffice . This group is for FILE SHARING ONLY. If you are using Outlook and you see a lot of unnecessary code in your email messages, read these instructions that explain why and how to fix it: http://personal-computer-tutor.com/abc3/v28/greg28.htm *************************************************************