How do i change datatype to text from number from an excel input file

I have a simple 2 column excel spreadsheet with 29k rows.
The 1st column does contain numbers, but are really text and not to be treated as number, so i selected format cells/text and then saved the file as an excel .xls file.
However whenever i use this data source in crystal, the 1st column/field is always datatype number, and i do not see the text type fields, even if i create a formula totext(datafield)
.How, or what can i do to the original data source to see both columns as text in crystal ? i have tried saving as .csv.
i have crystal 12.3.0.601 sp3

Hi John,
In Excel if first value i.e. first record value is a number (even though you format as text) it will consider as number.  So, try to make your first record in excel as text field.
Example :
123-- takes as number
'123-- try this --start with a single quote and followed by number.
or
A123--This will make this filed as text.
Thanks,
Sastry

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