Excel VBA Programming The Complete Guide - The Value vs. Text Properties

The video tutorial explains the differences between the value and text properties in Excel. It demonstrates how different data types like strings, numbers, currency, and dates are entered and represented in Excel. The tutorial highlights how the value property shows the stored data, while the text property displays the data as seen in the Excel interface. It also covers how currency and dates are visually represented differently from their stored values.

What happens when you change a number to currency format in Excel?

• The number is stored with a dollar sign.

• The number remains the same but is visually represented with a dollar sign.

• The number is stored as text.

• The number is converted to a different value.

How do the value and text properties behave for plain text in Excel?

• They return different results.

• They both return the stored value.

• They return the text with additional formatting.

• They both return the same text.

What is the main difference between the value and text properties for formatted data?

• Value shows the formatted data, text shows the raw data.

• Value shows the raw data, text shows the formatted data.

• Both show the formatted data.

• Both show the raw data.

How does Excel store dates internally?

• As a string with the day of the week.

• As a text with commas.

• As a formatted date with the day of the week.

• As a number with slashes separating month, day, and year.

Why is the text property important in Excel?

• It changes the stored value.

• It formats the data automatically.

• It retains the visual representation of data.

• It converts numbers to text.