Hi

With number p.e. in A1:
=TEXT(A1,"00000")

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"Natalie" wrote in message
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Does anyone know how to add characters to the beginning of numbers -

I have a list of numbers

51126
54889
53665

and I want

051126
054889
053665

I can't use the format cells, as I need the numbers to be text??

Thanks