number default format

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    Number changing to date

    I have this age old problem in many excel files When I open excel file, numbers gets change to date. This does not happens everyday but happens sometimes on some day, in some sheets in some rows. But whenever it happens it spoils by half day. I tried lots of solution, like changing cells...
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    Format Issue

    I don't know what I did but somehow I inadvertently changed the default number to be a date. So if I type a 4 into a cell, it looks like "Jan-00". What do I do to change this default setting back? Thanks.

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