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BlabberLots

How do I keep leading zeros and format my cells as text?
 
I've formated the cells to have leading zeros using the custom category. But
I as need to format the cells to text. How do I accomplish both? Thanks!

JoAnn Paules

How do I keep leading zeros and format my cells as text?
 
Try putting an apostrophe before the number, as in '0.50.


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"BlabberLots" wrote in message
...
I've formated the cells to have leading zeros using the custom category.
But
I as need to format the cells to text. How do I accomplish both? Thanks!





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