See if this works for you:
format the cells as Text

FormatCellsNumber tab
Category: TEXT

Then, anything you type into those cells will be treated as text.

Does that help?

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Regards,
Ron


"Terri" wrote:

Hello,
I have a cell value formatted as Accounting 0000000000 (10 places). How can
I convert this formatted value to an actual text value? Example: A1 is
actually 2525, but appears as 0000002525. I want to have B1 have an actual
text value of '0000002525.

Thank you!
Terri