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It could be either; depending on what you enter. Generally, letters you type are automatically entered as text and numbers you type are entered as numbers. You can format a cell to treat numbers as numbers or as text.

A common reason why you want to format numbers as text is for a field that holds zip codes. If you enter a zip code that starts with a zero (e.g. 09173), the number format will drop the leading zero and display only 9173 (which will not make the post office happy). If you format the cell as text, Excel will treat 09173 as a series of text characters and display the leading zero.

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Data can be text and it can be numbers and also other things, such as dates, times and logical values.

Data can be text and it can be numbers and also other things, such as dates, times and logical values.

Data can be text and it can be numbers and also other things, such as dates, times and logical values.

Data can be text and it can be numbers and also other things, such as dates, times and logical values.

Data can be text and it can be numbers and also other things, such as dates, times and logical values.

Data can be text and it can be numbers and also other things, such as dates, times and logical values.

Data can be text and it can be numbers and also other things, such as dates, times and logical values.

Data can be text and it can be numbers and also other things, such as dates, times and logical values.

Data can be text and it can be numbers and also other things, such as dates, times and logical values.

Data can be text and it can be numbers and also other things, such as dates, times and logical values.

Data can be text and it can be numbers and also other things, such as dates, times and logical values.

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Data can be text and it can be numbers and also other things, such as dates, times and logical values.

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Both text and numbers are kinds of data.

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