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SpclServFrtCo

Excel auto deleting zero at start of cell - change?

Entering SS# beginning with a zero in a cell - Excel auto defaults to next
number and deletes the zero - how do I change this default setting?

Marvin P. Winterbottom

Excel auto deleting zero at start of cell - change?

format/cells/number/special/ssn

"SpclServFrtCo" wrote:

Entering SS# beginning with a zero in a cell - Excel auto defaults to next
number and deletes the zero - how do I change this default setting?

Gord Dibben

Excel auto deleting zero at start of cell - change?

You can't change this behavior but you can work around it.

Enter an apostrophe before typing the SS number.

OR format the cells to Text before entering the SS number.

Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:52:02 -0800, SpclServFrtCo
wrote:

Entering SS# beginning with a zero in a cell - Excel auto defaults to next
number and deletes the zero - how do I change this default setting?

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