How to change or convert text to number in Excel?

When you import data from some source, such as Access or text files, numbers may be formatted as text in cells occasionally. Calculations and sorting will go wrong if numbers are formatted or stored as text. Here are several methods to convert text to numbers in Microsoft Excel.

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Converting Spreadsheets in Apple’s Numbers to Excel. My wife and I have used Apple’s Numbers program to open and edit Microsoft Excel files. If the range you want to convert contains only numbers formatted as text and not any actual text, then the following steps work well: Select the range of cells you want to convert to numbers. Display the Data tab of the ribbon. Click the Text to Columns tool in the Data Tools group. Excel displays the Convert Text to Columns Wizard. (See Figure 3.).

Convert text to number with Error checking rules in Excel

Generally speaking, when the numbers are formatted or stored in cells as text, there will be an error sign at upper-left corner of the cell. After selecting the cell, it displays an error button before this cell. Click the error button , and it will display a menu, you can click on Convert to Numbercommand item to convert the text in the cell into number. See screenshot:

Then the number stored as text has been converted to number. And then repeat this way for other cells.

If there are no error signs at upper-left corner of the cells, you can also use the Error Checking command under Formula tab to deal with it. Please do as this:

1. Click Formulas > Error Checking, see screenshot:

2. Then in the Error Checking dialog box, click Convert to Number button. And repeatedly click this button to convert other text to numbers.

3. When the last cell text has been changed to number, it will pop up a prompt box to remind you all of the text has been converted to numbers.

But when there are large blocks of data that need to change, this method will be tedious and time-consuming.

Convert text to number with Paste Special

The second method is to convert numbers stored as text by calculating with Paste Special command in Microsoft Excel.

1. Please enter number 0 in a blank cell and copy it;

2. Select the range cells containing numbers stored as text;

3. Right click the selected range, and choose the Paste Special option from context menu;

4. Then it shows Paste Special dialog box, and check the All option and Add option;

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5. Click OK, and all the numbers stored as text will be converted to number. See screenshots:

Notes:

• If you don’t want to change the cell formatting in the range after converting text to number, please choose to paste as Value in the Paste option.
• In the Operating options, please select the Add option or Subtract option.
• Disadvantage of this method: if the range contains blank cells, it will fill all blank cells with number 0.

Convert text to number with Kutools for Excel

If you have installed Kutools for Excel on your computer, its Force Values in Cells tool will help you convert all numbers stored as text into numbers without losing original formats and styles.

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1. Click Kutools > More > Force Values in Cells…. See screenshot:

2. Then it displays the Force Value in cells dialog box. Just specify the range that contains numbers stored as text, and check the Text to number option.

3. And then click OK or Apply, all numbers stored as text will be converted into numbers in the selected range.

You can click here to know more about this Force Values in Cells feature.

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  I run a report weekly that requires copying and pasting approximately 7000 rows of data exported from a system. Recently some changes were made so that the numbers were coming out stored as text. The data includes a selection of actual text entries and the rest numbers stored as text. This data gets copied and pasted into a master template which then feeds other sheets/reports, but I needed the numbers to be stored as numbers. Due to the volume of the data and the fact that I'm not the only one performing this task (and some of the others are not Excel savvy) I needed to try and automate this process. I tried the =A1*1 formula and it worked for the numbers but the text I got a #VALUE! error. After much fiddling, I came up with the formula below and it works perfectly!
  =IF(AND(A1='Yes'),'Yes',IF(AND(A1='Not applicable'),'Not applicable',IF(AND(A1='No'),'No',A1*1)))

How to mass convert numbers stored as text to numbers in Excel?

If there are hundreds of numbers which stored as text scattering in your worksheet, and you need to convert all of them to numbers at once. How to achieve it? This article provides three methods for you to batch convert numbers which stored as text to normal numbers in Excel.

Easily convert text to number or vice versa in Excel:

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Mass convert connective numbers stored as text to numbers in Excel

If the numbers which stored as text are connective in your worksheet, you can easily convert them to numbers with the Convert to Numbers function. Please do as follows.

1. Select the connective numbers which stored as text in your worksheet, and you can see a little button display besides the selection. Please click on it.

2. Choose Convert to Number from the drop-down list. Then all numbers which stored as text are converted to numbers immediately.

Mass convert scattered numbers stored as text to numbers in Excel

If the numbers which stored as text are scattered in different places in your worksheet, you can try the following method.

1. Type a number “1” into a blank cell, and then copy it with pressing Ctrl + C keys. Select the scattered cells you need to convert to numbers with holding the Ctrl key, and then press Ctrl + Alt + V keys simultaneously.

2. In the Paste Special dialog box, select the Multiply option in the Operation section, and then click the OK button. See screenshot:

Then all numbers which stored as text in selected cells are converted to numbers at once.

Mass convert numbers stored as text to numbers with Kutools for Excel

After free installing Kutools for Excel, the Convert between Text and Number utility will help you easily convert all numbers which stored as text to numbers not only in connective cells, but also in multiple selections.

1. Select the connective cells or multiple ranges you need to convert to numbers, and then click Kutools > Content > Convert between Text and Number. See screenshot:

2. In the Convert between Text and Number dialog box, select the Text to number option, and then click the OK button.

Now all numbers which stored as text are converted to numbers immediately.

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• Exact Copy Multiple Cells without changing formula reference; Auto Create References to Multiple Sheets; Insert Bullets, Check Boxes and more..
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• Super Filter (save and apply filter schemes to other sheets); Advanced Sort by month/week/day, frequency and more; Special Filter by bold, italic..
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