Gary''s wrote on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 07:21:00 -0700:

GsS You have two options:

GsS 1. format the cells as Text before entering the values
GsS 2. enter an apostrophe as the first character typed

You might have emphasized that both options produce text ;-)


?? When I try to put a string of 18 digits in a column
?? (similar to this 350001660334434123) the last three digits
?? change to 000 (making the number 350001660334434000), I
?? have change the column to format in 'General' but this
?? throws up an error message and nothing else seems to give
?? me what I need. Any help would be appreciated.

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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