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Excel allows you to force a specific type during file import or directly on the worksheet with literally two clicks once the region is selected. You can also create templates if you want all your new documents to use a specific type.

The scientists are not adapting to the software, they are adapting to the incompetence of people in their research groups who refuse to learn how to use their main work tool and/or don't want to do the extra 2 clicks it takes to select "text".