In Excel I am Trying to type the following in a CELL 00217395, and when I
click enter I get the following entry 217395, I would like to see the entry
as I typed, please help.
or

BeachMonger, format the cell to text before you put in the data or put a '
in front of it

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"BeachMonger" wrote in message
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In Excel I am Trying to type the following in a CELL 00217395, and when
I
click enter I get the following entry 217395, I would like to see the
entry
as I typed, please help.
or

Format cell as: 00000000


"BeachMonger" wrote:

In Excel I am Trying to type the following in a CELL 00217395, and when I
click enter I get the following entry 217395, I would like to see the entry
as I typed, please help.
or