Save your file as .csv
Then re-open the file with Notepad and you will see the correct format.
However, if you re-open the file with Excel, then Excel will change the
format to scientific.


It's not the saving that's the problem, it's the re-openning.

If you want Excel to stop "helping" you, then preceed the number with a
single quote (apostrophe).
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Gary''s Student


"darin van houten" wrote:

i am trying to create a .csv (comma delimited text file) spreadsheet. one of
the columns contains a 12 digit number. when i go to save it, however,
excell keeps changing the 12 digit number to scientific formula. is there
any way to save a 12 digit number in a .csv document?