Stop Date recognition when opening CSV file

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I have an file in csv format that has a field with page ranges in it such "3-4" or "6-10".

When you open this into Excel, it converts it to a date. Once converted, I can't get it back to text.

Any workaround?
 

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Import the file via the data tab > From Text/CSV.
Then in step 3 of the import wizard you can select the column & select Text
 
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