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i am typing the following number 8920033000001887773 then enter and it
becomes 8920033000001880000 I don't know why but i tried to change format
cells but nothing knew
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Put an apostrophe in front of the characters. Excel only maintains 15
digits of precision for true numbers.

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i am typing the following number 8920033000001887773 then enter and it
becomes 8920033000001880000 I don't know why but i tried to change format
cells but nothing knew


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