How to change Format of a Cell to Text using VBA

Question

I have a "duration" column in an Excel sheet. Its cell format always changes — I want convert the duration from minutes to seconds, but because of the cell formatt

Answer 1

To answer your direct question, it is:

Range("A1").NumberFormat = "@"

Or

Cells(1,1).NumberFormat = "@"

However, I suggest making changing the format to what you actually want displayed. This allows you to retain the data type in the cell and easily use cell formulas to manipulate the data.