You haven't said in what form your report has produced the data. If it is a
CSV, you can either rename the CSV as .TXT, or use Data/ Import External
Data, rather than just opening the CSV. That way, you'll be able to specify
the format of the columns on the import. Specify as text, rather than
General.
--
David Biddulph

"Mau" wrote in message
...
In a generic report I got column A with descriptions (not numbers) such
as:
200006E002
200006E003
200006E004
...

the export procedure to Excel 97 give me a column with the same data:
200006E002
200006E003
200007E004
...

That's good!
but the same export procedure to Excel2003 or Excel2007 give me these
results into the cells:
2,00E+07
2,00E+08
2,00E+09
...

and also the value into the formula bar is like 20000600 so I loose the
"E"
character and I can't even set the cell to "Text" because Excel 2003/2007
read E as exponential formula...
how can I get the same result in Excel2003/2007 as in Excel97 without
having
to "open as" and using the text import wizard?

Thank you
Maurizio