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Office 2007 + formatting cells
I have a cell with 6 numbers in for example 098737.
Excel deletes the zeros off from the cell, when i right click format cells and go to custom i change general to 000000 but it changes it to chinese? Can anyone help please? |
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Office 2007 + formatting cells
Neil,
The quickest way to keep the formatting is to put an apostrophe in front of your number. Like this: '098737 When you hit enter, Excel formats the cell as text and keeps your leading zero. HTH. "Neil Holden" wrote: I have a cell with 6 numbers in for example 098737. Excel deletes the zeros off from the cell, when i right click format cells and go to custom i change general to 000000 but it changes it to chinese? Can anyone help please? |
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