when i megre cells that begin with zeros , I lose the zeros
 

when I merge cells that begin with zeros, my merged cell will not show the
zeros, how can i get around this

when i megre cells that begin with zeros , I lose the zeros
 

You could use something like:

=text(a1,"00000")&" change the format to what you need"

To keep 5 digits.

RDC wrote:

when I merge cells that begin with zeros, my merged cell will not show the
zeros, how can i get around this

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Dave Peterson