How to capture fractional values in fill-in-the-blanks?

[eop2]

How does one capture values that are fractions in questions with a fill-in-the-blank format? I know how to capture decimals, but for my purposes, I need the values to be captured in fractions (e.g., 2/3, 1/2, etc.)

Thank you in advance.

Efren

[jarvis24]

I assume you mean by some other means than simply having them type "2/3", yes?

[eop2]

Actually, I want subjects to be able to enter fractions, such as 2/3.
However, if I enter fractions, the data set converts these into dates, such as 3-Feb.

Efren

[jarvis24]

Excel does this or SPSS?

[eop2]

Excel does this. Is there a way to prevent this and have Excel capture the data in the right way (i.e., 2/3, etc.)?

Efren

[jarvis24]

Would you mind posting a sample Excel data file that shows this?