How do you add a zero in front of a number in excel without it disappearing?

Precede it with an apostrophe or use a custom format like 0000
which would display 0123 if you enter 123 in the cell

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Regards,

Peo Sjoblom


"Jimmy" wrote in message
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How do you add a zero in front of a number in excel without it
disappearing?

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How do you add a zero in front of a number in excel
without it disappearing?
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if the number remains constant ie: 4 digits

1234 you want 01234

Format cell custom 00000

Email me and ill send back an xls to show you.

Larry Harman