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Default entering numbers in excel

But it will be treated as text. Excel's precision (for numbers, that is) is 15 decimal digits

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Niek Otten
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| "vkwd7" wrote:
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| when I tried to enter number 123456789101112,the last digit ie 15th digit
| changes to 0 instead of 2.It happens with every number with morethan 14
| digits.
| I tried regional settings which seem ok to me.
| Is there a way out to enter number as number without using the text
| formatting.
| vkwd7
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