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Default format cell to show leading zeros and make cell a three digit fiel

Custom format of 000

You will still have a 1 digit entry that looks like 3 digits.

You cannot actually have an entry like 002 unless it is text.

A formula.....=TEXT(A1,"000")


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Fri, 28 Jul 2006 08:28:01 -0700, Kristin
wrote:

I have a field that has a single digit number in it now, like 2. I want to
fornat the field to add 2 leading zero's to make a three digit entry. How do
I do this with a formula, withut going thru entire spreadsheet and fomartting
the column to be tex and adding the leading zeros cell by cell? Please help!