If your number is a 5 digit code, for example, then you can format it as
00000, so that it will show leading zeroes.
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David Biddulph

"Monza" wrote in message
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Hi Matt,

no a numeric format cannot begin with 0 unless that 0 preceeds a
period. Can I ask what you want to do with the data and why must it be
formatted as number?