Format the cell as text.
You also can input a formula: =text(A1)
Remark: if the content is in cell A1.
number instead of a letter (text)
A cell is a rectangle that can hold a number, text, formula etc.
In Microsoft Excel, you use the transpose() function to convert columns to rows and vice versa. Please see the link.
type '05 instead of 05 the ' tells excel that you want to enter a text, not a number Proud to be of service HoloGuides.com
numbers and text
You can use the Format menu and pick Cells and then choose the text format. Another thing you can do is to type a single quote in first and then the number, and it will be treated as text, like this: '100
A possible answer is text, numbers, and special characters.
Start your entry with an apostrophe (') to indicate the cell contents is text.
A column break is a term associated with Microsoft Word, not Excel. In Word, it starts a new column of text. In Excel, you can just go to another column to start entering new data.
The numbers are stored as text in Excel (that_¾_s why you see this green part in the left upper corner). When you convert the text to numbers, you can get an even stranger number: 578.510.000.
Because there are letters in it, it treats it as text. So it is not changing it from time to text, if that is what you mean. It is text, because of the letters that are in it.
Select the Cell and press Control + 1 or find format cell. Select the option under the "Number" tab "Text"