Excel97 time format causes crash

L

Laura

Using Excel 97. I'm importing data, ASCII comma separated, that includes time in this format
hour:minute:sec.millise
For example, 07:49:03.01 is 3.01 seconds past 7:49 am

If I select 2 cells with data in this format I get a program error and excel crashes. If I select a cell and change the format to anything but Time m:s.0 the problem goes away. Trouble is, I have thousands of these cells in hundreds of data files to process. I can't select a row or a column or an entire sheet without a crash. A macro works if I use it to select cells one at a time and change the format, but slows down my processing significantly

Any ideas why this crash happens

I found it simple enough to instigate. Enter 1:2:3.4 in each of 2 adjacent cells and then select them. Crash!
 
B

BorderMan

Format a new Excel file. Format cells to m:s.
Open the data file in Word. Convert the data to tables. Copy the data to Excel
Hope it helps
 

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