Changing Format from "??/??" to text when pasting

I have a list of cells formatted as "??/??". When i copy these cells and paste them elsewhere i want to keep it th value as text.

For example,

I have a cell with a fraction of 5/6 (actual value - 0.833333). When i copy and paste this into another cell, i want to keep the value of 5/6 as a text cell.

How can i best do this?

You may need to do an intermediate step..with a formula in a helper column...

e.g.

=Text(A1,"??/??") will give 5/6 as text.. but you will still see the formula...

Now you can copy that and do an Edit >> Paste Special Value elsewhere to get the text "5/6"...

Then you can delete the helper formula cells...