You can do it relatively easily if you know how many digits you've got. If
you use a custom format of 00000, for instance, then you'll get (at least 5)
digits including any necessary leading zeroes.
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David Biddulph

"Bev Greene" wrote in message
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Is there anyway besides formatting the cell for text to keep the left side
0
in a cell from disappearing? Product name Excel 2003

Thanks