Highlight the cells where your dates will be, then go to the Format menu and choose "Cells"...in there, click on the Number tab....choose Date in the list on the left, then choose the format you want to use from the choices on the right Linda F. Johnson, M.A., MOS Linda's Computer Stop http://personal-computer-tutor.com Free e-Books, Newsletter, and tutorials -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Leeba Friedman Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 3:17 PM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] excel formatting question I am making up a list in Excel of credit card transactions. One of the columns is Expiration date. How do I format the field that it lets me put in 10/05 for example. When I try setting by date or plain it changes that to May 5. Any help would be appreciated. Leeba ************************************************************* 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, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************