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Default why is the zero falling off a zip code in excel?

Excel eliminates leading 0s by default.
See this for help,
http://groups.google.com/group/micro...c53a3fddb34000
, or format your cells as text.

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"Pam" wrote:

I am doing a spreadsheet in excel and in the zip code field the zero is
falling off the front. it is 08015 and it keeps changing to 8015. can
anyone tell me why?