Either preformat the cell as Text (Format|cells|Number tab)

or start your entry with an apostrophe: '098523

Or even give that cell a custom format of: 000000

The first two will treat the value as text. The last one keeps the value as a
number.

gwlen wrote:

I am doing a order form and when I enter the oder number if it starts with
"0" after I have entered it and go to the next order it delets the "0"

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Dave Peterson