In a column I have a series of two thousand numbers. Each number is five
digits long and reads 00070. In the sequence only the last two digits
change. I know I can enter a ' to make the number show all of the characters.
But how do I convert all the numbers that are presently typed into the column
without having to edit each cell.

Format Cells... Number Custom 00000
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Gary''s Student - gsnu200785


"Michael" wrote:

In a column I have a series of two thousand numbers. Each number is five
digits long and reads 00070. In the sequence only the last two digits
change. I know I can enter a ' to make the number show all of the characters.
But how do I convert all the numbers that are presently typed into the column
without having to edit each cell.

.... or =TEXT(A1,"00000"), if you want the result as text, not a number.
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David Biddulph

"Gary''s Student" wrote in message
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Format Cells... Number Custom 00000
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Gary''s Student - gsnu200785


"Michael" wrote:

In a column I have a series of two thousand numbers. Each number is five
digits long and reads 00070. In the sequence only the last two digits
change. I know I can enter a ' to make the number show all of the
characters.
But how do I convert all the numbers that are presently typed into the
column
without having to edit each cell.