For example, when I paste:
+XYZ
in Google Sheets, it autoformats it:
I've tried different things (Format>Plain Text
) but it doesnt work. I just want to get what I paste there as plain text. (i dont have predetermined format of what i paste there, the sentecne might start with +
symbol, with =
symbol or whatever. I just want it stopped formatting of inputed data).
I saw answers to similar questions, which suggest putting '
or whatever. But i dont want to manually put some symbols in front of every line, as I paste hundreds of lines.
Best Answer
Unfortunately you cannot force Google Sheets to stop auto-formatting as number.
As an alternative
Use a different program to add en masse, a single quote
'
to every piece of data you want to paste in sheets.For example:
You can use a free online tool (like https://pinetools.com/add-text-each-line) to change the following text
to this, which you can then paste in Google sheets (or a notepad for later use).