In excel when we type fractions like ‘1/2’, ‘1/3’, it shows dates like 01-Feb, 01-Mar. To display fractions and stop converting in to dates you can follow the below mentioned steps.
- Select the cells or columns where you want the fractions to appear.
- Right click and select Format Cells option
- Under the Number tab select Fraction.
- Select the type of fraction you want. For this example we are going with ‘Up to one digit’. Click Ok to save the changes.
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