It thinks you are typing in a number. either format the cell to text or type
an ' then the number
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John
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"Baumanjohn" wrote:

I am new to Excel,using the 2002 edition. I 'm using it as a inventory of my
radio tubes.Some of the #'s use letters and #.

Now when I go to type in 2E26,I get this 2.00E+26

what do I do to correct this

thanks John Bauman