title: Why don't numeric cells have a .Characters() property?
body: <p>With any text value, I can individually format each character and then copy that formatting to another cell by iterating over the <code>Range.Characters()</code> Collection. </p>
  
  <p>However, if the cell is a number (even if the numberFormatting displays it as a string e.g. dates) then it does not expose a <code>.Characters()</code> property and, indeed, cannot be selectively formatted digit-by-digit. </p>
  
  <p>Why does Excel display strings using Character objects but not numbers, even when the number is being displayed as a string?</p>