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how can i display preceding zeros in excel without formatting as text?
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how can i display preceding zeros in excel without formatting as text?


Precede your entry with an apostrophe. For example...

'012345

Hope this helps!
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Or give it a custom format like

00000

(as many 0's as you need)

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