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How can I get a column of numbers to appear as 3 positions alpha with leading
zeros as needed

e.g.

1 appears as 001
2 appears as 002
99 apears as 099
999 apears as 999

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Try:

Format|cells|custom

000 as a custom format

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How can I get a column of numbers to appear as 3 positions alpha with leading
zeros as needed

e.g.

1 appears as 001
2 appears as 002
99 apears as 099
999 apears as 999

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Custom format as 000


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On Tue, 3 Jul 2007 12:08:03 -0700, GKW in GA
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How can I get a column of numbers to appear as 3 positions alpha with leading
zeros as needed

e.g.

1 appears as 001
2 appears as 002
99 apears as 099
999 apears as 999


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