For some data types, such as a date or a percentage, Excel will change a cell's number format automatically as soon as you type it into a cell.

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Excel can throw up various Data type Refresh errors. This post explains each and shows how to fix COULDN'T REFRESH DATA TYPES errors.

You can convert text in Excel to linked data types. This is referred to as “linked” data types because the data is connected to an online data source.

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Microsoft expands Excel's real-time "data types" by adding support for your data, as well as hundreds of sources from Wolfram Alpha.