What version are you using?

Right now I'm on a XL97 machine.
Formatting a range to % with 2 decimal places, and entering:
..5
and
0.5
Give 2 completely different results!
..5 = 50.00%
0.5 = 0.50%

Now, I remember seeing on my XL02 machine, a setting in,
<Tools <Options <Edit tab,
A setting that I don't have on my 97 machine.
Something relating to %'s ... something about % entries (can't quite
remember without looking).

Anyway, if your version has this option in the <Edit tab, try making
various entries with it checked and unchecked, and see it helps.
(Can't check mine 'til tomorrow morning)
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Regards,

RD

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"Abuzzmaster" wrote in message
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I have a spreadsheet I work with every day and I use fractional
percentages,
between 0-1%. If the field is formatted as Percentage, and I type in ".5",
it
reads it as 50%, which it would be if it weren't a percentage. But it is.
It's a half percent. By typing in "50", I also get 50%, which doesn't make
sense. If I type in "5" I get 5%, if I type in ".5", I should get .5%. Is
there a way to make this happen, or is this just a glitch in Excel? Please
help me figure this out. Thanks.