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Jim Thomlinson Jim Thomlinson is offline
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Default Can Excel ignore a 0 if it starts out that way

format the cell with a custom format of

0000000

Note however that the cell hold the value 23408 and that only the format of
the cell has changed.
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HTH...

Jim Thomlinson


"Cali Tech" wrote:

I am trying to create a spread sheet and need to enter 0023408 and it wants
to put 23408. I need the 00 to be there. How can I turn this feature on or
off.