Excel has a 15 digit limit on numeric precision.

Preface the entry with an apostrophe.

You won't be able to do calculations but your data will be displayed as you
wish.

For more on Excel limits etc. se help on "specifications"


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP


On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 17:54:15 -0700, g. spence
wrote:

When entering the following number in Excel it doesn't display correctly
either in the cell or the formula bar -

Cell is formatted as Number with 9 decimal points.

I enter this number: 287488758463.904876
Cell displays: 287488758463.905000000
Formula Bar displays: 287488758463.905

How can I get it to display exactly what is typed into the cell?