Goto Tools - Options - Edit, and uncheck the "Fixed decimals" box.

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Best Regards,

Luke M
"UNIFI" wrote in message
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No longer when I open a new spreadsheet in Excel 2003 does my number
format
defaults to general but with an odd formatting. When I enter a
number(example 8), the default format is 0.008. I cannot get the
formatting
to change back so when I enter a number it looks like "8.0".
suggestions?