I know you want to do this with the apostrophe but you need to ensure the
cells are formatted General before you begin.
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"Yvonne" wrote in message
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When entering 07 I put an apostrophe in front to ensure the leading zero
stayed in place. For some reason I can't do this now when I put an
apostrophe in front in makes no difference, so I get 7. To my knowledge
nothing has changed
How do I turn it back on?
Please don't advise me to Right Click Format Cells, I want to be able to
use
the apostrophe '07
I am using Excel 2003 on Windows XP
Thanks in advance