I believe OP wanted it converted to the "real" 0.000124

Formatting does not convert, just changes appearance.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 18:57:00 +0200, "b&s" wrote:

"Heidi" wrote:

I need to enter a lot of numbers that look like "0.000124". There
are always 3 leading zeros after the decimal.

I'd LIKE to just ENTER "124" and have excel convert it to the "real"
number automatically (sort of like if you enter 40 in a % formatted
column, it automatically converts it to 0.40).

Do I have to use a formula, or is there a custom format that would
work? Thanks!

... try custom format: "0.000"#