First, open the original document with WPS text, copy the cells you want to convert, run ET, paste the date copied from the WPS text into Excel, press Ctrl+h to bring up the Find and Replace dialog box, enter the decimal point in Find what, and enter a dash "-" in "Replace with" (Figure 1) , click the Replace All button, and all dates are replaced by the "89.10.2" format with the "89-10-2" format.
Fig. 1 The WPS Find and Replace dialog box
Next, select all converted data cells, select format → cells from the menu, select Date on the Number tab, select March 14, 2001 on the right side of it (Figure 2), and click OK.
Figure 2 WPS Cell formatting
In the final step, copy the converted data cells, switch to the WPS text, put the cursor in the first cell of the date data, press the shortcut key "Ctrl + V", that is, replace the original date with the converted date, complete the batch conversion.