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Default Scientific notation in text cells

F2 and precede with an apostrophe

This will change them to text without the SN


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Thu, 7 Dec 2006 11:04:01 -0800, miles
wrote:

I have been given an excel file with 16 digit account numbers that need
modification. I am running up against the 15 digit precision limit. Is there
any way to change the format for these cells to text without defaulting to
scientific notation (eg 2.1761E+15)?