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Greetings from New Zealand
Bill K

"ajbromwell" wrote in message
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My Excel has always worked well. Today, any number that I type in a cell
does
not read the way I enter it. When I hit enter, the number changes, in that
the decimal moves two places to the left. Even on old spreadsheets if I
try
to type a new number in.
Help please.
Jim