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Default How can I keep leading 0's in pasted numbers?

I am pasting numbers into Excel. The numbers stand for the last two digits of
a year (i.e. 02, 03, 04). Excel likes to delete the leading 0 because it
thinks that I don't need it. How can I turn this "feature" off?

Thanks.
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Jason Morin
 
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Before you paste in the data, make sure the destination
cells in Excel are set to text (Format Cells).

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Jason
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-----Original Message-----
I am pasting numbers into Excel. The numbers stand for

the last two digits of
a year (i.e. 02, 03, 04). Excel likes to delete the

leading 0 because it
thinks that I don't need it. How can I turn

this "feature" off?

Thanks.
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Peo Sjoblom
 
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Apply a custom format 00 or format as text


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Peo Sjoblom


"imoux1" wrote:

I am pasting numbers into Excel. The numbers stand for the last two digits of
a year (i.e. 02, 03, 04). Excel likes to delete the leading 0 because it
thinks that I don't need it. How can I turn this "feature" off?

Thanks.

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