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why does currency format change to number format?
every time I format a column in the currency format and save, when I go back
to that column, the formatting has changed to number format. How can I get this format to stay? |
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Are you actually closing and reopening your file?
If you are, how are you saving your workbook--as a .xls ("Microsoft Office Excel Workbook (*.xls)"? It kind of sounds like you're saving as a .csv (comma separated values) file. This type of file is plain text and won't preserve the formatting when you reopen it. Cassie wrote: every time I format a column in the currency format and save, when I go back to that column, the formatting has changed to number format. How can I get this format to stay? -- Dave Peterson |
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I have tried saving and closing and just saving the file, always as a .xls
file and it still converts to numbers. "Dave Peterson" wrote: Are you actually closing and reopening your file? If you are, how are you saving your workbook--as a .xls ("Microsoft Office Excel Workbook (*.xls)"? It kind of sounds like you're saving as a .csv (comma separated values) file. This type of file is plain text and won't preserve the formatting when you reopen it. Cassie wrote: every time I format a column in the currency format and save, when I go back to that column, the formatting has changed to number format. How can I get this format to stay? -- Dave Peterson |
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Sorry, I don't have another guess.
Cassie wrote: I have tried saving and closing and just saving the file, always as a .xls file and it still converts to numbers. "Dave Peterson" wrote: Are you actually closing and reopening your file? If you are, how are you saving your workbook--as a .xls ("Microsoft Office Excel Workbook (*.xls)"? It kind of sounds like you're saving as a .csv (comma separated values) file. This type of file is plain text and won't preserve the formatting when you reopen it. Cassie wrote: every time I format a column in the currency format and save, when I go back to that column, the formatting has changed to number format. How can I get this format to stay? -- Dave Peterson -- Dave Peterson |
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