Spreadsheets had "cells". Access relational tables have fields and
records.

If you want to store a slash character in a field, then you will not
be able to use a Number datatype for the field - use Text instead.
What is the meaning of 193/382? If you mean that you want to store two
distinct values in the same field - DON'T; that violates the very
basic principle that all fields should be "atomic". If you have a one
to many relationship, you need *two tables*, with a one to many
relationship; in the second table you would have one record (not
field!) with 193, and a second record with 382

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