How to change Format of a Cell to Text using VBA

Question

I have a  quot duration quot  column in an Excel sheet  Its cell format always changes     I want convert the duration from minutes to seconds  but because of the cell formatting it always gives me different answers  I was thinking that before doing the conversion I could convert that cell format to text so that it will consider that as text value and not try to auto-format it  Currently I am copying all data into Notepad and then saving it back to the Excel sheet to remove all of the previous format  Is there a way to automate setting a cell s formatting to text using VBA

User · Answer

One point  you have to set NumberFormat property BEFORE loading the value into the cell   I had a nine digit number that still displayed as 9 14E 08 when the NumberFormat was set after the cell was loaded   Setting the property before loading the value made the number appear as I wanted  as straight text  OR  Could you try an autofit first  Excel Obj Columns  quot A V quot   EntireColumn AutoFit

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for large numbers that display with scientific notation set format to just

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Well this should change your format to text   Worksheets  Sheetname   Activate Worksheets  SheetName   Columns 1  Select  or Worksheets  SheetName   Range  A A   Select Selection NumberFormat

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To answer your direct question  it is   Range  A1   NumberFormat         Or  Cells 1 1  NumberFormat         However  I suggest making changing the format to what you actually want displayed  This allows you to retain the data type in the cell and easily use cell formulas to manipulate the data

[excel] How to change Format of a Cell to Text using VBA

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