If you want the cell contents to stay *exactly* as you type them in,
you can either pre-format the cell to text (i.e. Format | Cells |
Number (tab) and select Text from the list) or type an apostrophe in
front of the rest of the input. The apostrophe will not be visible in
the cell, though you can see it in the formula bar.

Note that in both cases the cell will contain text values, so you will
not be able to carry out any arithmetic on them.

Hope this helps.

Pete

First-timer at Excel wrote:
I type in "$1,819,000,000,000" and it always turns into,"1,819,000,000,000"
How do you stop it?
I type in "$4,422,200,000,000" and it alwasys turns
into,"$4,422,200,000,000.00"
Excel edits almost any thing I type!! How can I stop this?