tools, options, edit (tab), remove check from fixed decimal places

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HTH,
David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP - Excel [site changed Nov. 2001]
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"excel man" <excel wrote in message ...
why is it, that if i incert a number (say 0.8) into a cell in excel another
number comes out instead of my original number(say 0.08)