Thread: how to retain leading zeros i.e. 00001 instead of 1
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Default how to retain leading zeros i.e. 00001 instead of 1
Use a custom format of 00000.

Does this help?

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Fred


"Sue" wrote in message
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I need to set up a spreadsheet for a mail merge, so that it prints 00001,
but of course it defaults to 1. How do I show the 0s?


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