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David Biddulph David Biddulph is offline
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Default keep leading zeros when using the paste spec. multiply function

Format 000000 if you want 6 digits.

If you want to keep the number of digits you had in the input, and this is
variable, then you'll need to keep as text, rather than converting to
numbers.
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David Biddulph

"Debi" wrote in message
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When using the special paste option of multiply in order to change all
cell
to a number format after using the right, ltft, or mid fuctioin how do I
keep
the leeding zeros?