Why does excel convert my text "6990011011234" to "6.99E+12"?
 

Why does excel convert my text for example "6990011011234" to "6.99E+12"?
I am runing a "import to excell" from a web site. When imported, the
identification # is changed to #.###E+##.

Why does excel convert my text "6990011011234" to "6.99E+12"?
 

Excel doesn't know it's text.

Either put an apostrophe in front of it:
'6990011011234

or change the number format of the cell:
FormatCellsNumber tab
Category: Text


Does that help?

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Regards,
Ron

XL2002, WinXP-Pro


"pj" wrote:

Why does excel convert my text for example "6990011011234" to "6.99E+12"?
I am runing a "import to excell" from a web site. When imported, the
identification # is changed to #.###E+##.