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I wonder if I'm the only one who gets really annoyed when Numbers refuses to show what I type? I type "23 Jan" yet Numbers insists on typing "23 Jan 2011"
What I want is for Numbers to show what I type & nothing else! Is that asking too much? Why do these software writers think they're helping when they most certainly are not.
Does anyone know how I can set numbers to a default setting so it types what I ask it to & not what some geek thinks I want?

When you type in a cell whose format was not predefined by yourself, the app apply the Automatic format.
Your entry is deciphered as a date so tha app apply the default date format which is defined in the Preferenes Pane Date & Time.
To get rid of that, you must :
- define the cell as a text one
or
define it as date_time with the format :
date = day month
time = none
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