I WANT TO WRITE 18 DIGITS FIGURE IN A SINGLE CELL. bu i m unable.
 

when i m writing 123456789123456789 in a cell. it is getting changed into
1.23457E+17. why? i want to write it without any change

I WANT TO WRITE 18 DIGITS FIGURE IN A SINGLE CELL. bu i m unable.
 

Juat type an apostrophe (single quote ) before your digits.
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Gary''s Student - gsnu200852


"deva" wrote:

when i m writing 123456789123456789 in a cell. it is getting changed into
1.23457E+17. why? i want to write it without any change

I WANT TO WRITE 18 DIGITS FIGURE IN A SINGLE CELL. bu i m unable.
 

Hi,

pre-format as text or enter an apostrophe ' before you type the number.

Mike

"deva" wrote:

when i m writing 123456789123456789 in a cell. it is getting changed into
1.23457E+17. why? i want to write it without any change

I WANT TO WRITE 18 DIGITS FIGURE IN A SINGLE CELL. bu i m unable.
 

You could format the cell as a Number with the correct no of Decimal Places

Trev B


"deva" wrote:

when i m writing 123456789123456789 in a cell. it is getting changed into
1.23457E+17. why? i want to write it without any change

I WANT TO WRITE 18 DIGITS FIGURE IN A SINGLE CELL. bu i m unable.
 

Enter them in cells preformatted as Text or with a leading apostrophe
(').

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Jacob Skaria


"deva" wrote:

when i m writing 123456789123456789 in a cell. it is getting changed into
1.23457E+17. why? i want to write it without any change

I WANT TO WRITE 18 DIGITS FIGURE IN A SINGLE CELL. bu i m unable.
 

So what number of decimal places do you think will display 18 significant
figures? Or are you using some new version of Excel which doesn't have the
limit of 15 significant figures?
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David Biddulph

"Trev B" wrote in message
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You could format the cell as a Number with the correct no of Decimal
Places

Trev B


"deva" wrote:

when i m writing 123456789123456789 in a cell. it is getting changed into
1.23457E+17. why? i want to write it without any change