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Default 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
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Default 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.

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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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