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Default Number of Decimals Excel can Handle

In Excel Help: Specifications, Calculation

This tells you the precision is 15 decimal digits.

But you should know how to interpret that; 0.0000000000000123456789012345 is still possible.

Look here for more info:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/78113

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Niek Otten
Microsoft MVP - Excel

"Nicolas Cachanosky" wrote in message
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|I would like to know how many numbers of decimals the latest versions of
| Excel can handle (2003 and 2007)
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| Any help on how to find this data will be appreciated.
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| Kind Rgds.
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| Nicolas Cachanosky