Cells drop leading zeros from numbers
Is there a way to have a cell default to a text format without having
the spreadsheet already open? The reason is that numbers that have a leading zeros are removed when data is placed into the spreadsheet becuse the cell format is set to General. I have an application that will place a report into Excel when the Excel icon is selected. Thanks in Advance, Mike |
Cells drop leading zeros from numbers
SQLUser formulated on Sunday :
Is there a way to have a cell default to a text format without having the spreadsheet already open? The reason is that numbers that have a leading zeros are removed when data is placed into the spreadsheet becuse the cell format is set to General. I have an application that will place a report into Excel when the Excel icon is selected. Thanks in Advance, Mike Use a custom format for cells to receive leading zeros. For example, to display an 8 digit part number with leading zeros... In the Custom format box type: 0000000# Now, if you enter 27 in the cell, Excel displays it as 00000027. -- Garry Free usenet access at http://www.eternal-september.org ClassicVB Users Regroup! comp.lang.basic.visual.misc |
Cells drop leading zeros from numbers
On Apr 10, 10:57*pm, GS wrote:
SQLUser formulated on Sunday : Is there a way to have a cell default to a text format without having the spreadsheet already open? The reason is that numbers that have a leading zeros are removed when data is placed into the spreadsheet becuse the cell format is set to General. I have an application that will place a report into Excel when the Excel icon is selected. Thanks in Advance, Mike Use a custom format for cells to receive leading zeros. For example, to display an 8 digit part number with leading zeros... * In the Custom format box type: * * 0000000# Now, if you enter 27 in the cell, Excel displays it as 00000027. -- Garry Free usenet access athttp://www.eternal-september.org ClassicVB Users Regroup! comp.lang.basic.visual.misc Is there a way of having the cell automatically have the 0000000# in the Custom format when the spreadsheet is launched? Thanks |
Cells drop leading zeros from numbers
SQLUser formulated on Monday :
Is there a way of having the cell automatically have the 0000000# in the Custom format when the spreadsheet is launched? Not normally, but you could make a template (XLT) with the formatting (along with whatever else) already set up how you want. Then just reuse the template and do 'SaveAs' to store it as a XLS. -- Garry Free usenet access at http://www.eternal-september.org ClassicVB Users Regroup! comp.lang.basic.visual.misc |
Cells drop leading zeros from numbers
On Apr 11, 5:14*pm, GS wrote:
SQLUser formulated on Monday : Is there a way of having the cell automatically have the *0000000# in the Custom format when the spreadsheet is launched? Not normally, but you could make a template (XLT) with the formatting (along with whatever else) already set up how you want. Then just reuse the template and do 'SaveAs' to store it as a XLS. -- Garry Free usenet access athttp://www.eternal-september.org ClassicVB Users Regroup! comp.lang.basic.visual.misc The 0000000# works a number, but if the original value is 0555AA. Then placed into EXCEL, the value goes to 555AA. Is there a way of placing the 0 in front of 555AA like the 00000# does for a number? Mike |
Cells drop leading zeros from numbers
0555AA is text data, not numeric.
Excel would treat as text and not drop the 0 Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Mon, 11 Apr 2011 18:51:57 -0700 (PDT), SQLUser wrote: The 0000000# works a number, but if the original value is 0555AA. Then placed into EXCEL, the value goes to 555AA. |
Cells drop leading zeros from numbers
SQLUser pretended :
On Apr 11, 5:14*pm, GS wrote: SQLUser formulated on Monday : Is there a way of having the cell automatically have the *0000000# in the Custom format when the spreadsheet is launched? Not normally, but you could make a template (XLT) with the formatting (along with whatever else) already set up how you want. Then just reuse the template and do 'SaveAs' to store it as a XLS. -- Garry Free usenet access athttp://www.eternal-september.org ClassicVB Users Regroup! comp.lang.basic.visual.misc The 0000000# works a number, but if the original value is 0555AA. Then placed into EXCEL, the value goes to 555AA. Is there a way of placing the 0 in front of 555AA like the 00000# does for a number? Mike Entering '0555AA' into a cell formatted as 'General' displays as "0555AA" on my machine. As Gord states, Excel sees this as text as soon as you enter the first alpha (non-numeric) character. Why would you say Excel would drop the leading zero? -- Garry Free usenet access at http://www.eternal-september.org ClassicVB Users Regroup! comp.lang.basic.visual.misc |
Cells drop leading zeros from numbers
On Apr 11, 9:31*pm, GS wrote:
SQLUser pretended : On Apr 11, 5:14 pm, GS wrote: SQLUser formulated on Monday : Is there a way of having the cell automatically have the 0000000# in the Custom format when the spreadsheet is launched? Not normally, but you could make a template (XLT) with the formatting (along with whatever else) already set up how you want. Then just reuse the template and do 'SaveAs' to store it as a XLS. -- Garry Free usenet access athttp://www.eternal-september.org ClassicVB Users Regroup! comp.lang.basic.visual.misc The 0000000# works a number, but if the original value is 0555AA. Then placed into EXCEL, the value goes to 555AA. Is there a way of placing the 0 in front of 555AA like the 00000# does for a number? Mike Entering '0555AA' into a cell formatted as 'General' displays as "0555AA" on my machine. As Gord states, Excel sees this as text as soon as you enter the first alpha (non-numeric) character. Why would you say Excel would drop the leading zero? -- Garry Free usenet access athttp://www.eternal-september.org ClassicVB Users Regroup! comp.lang.basic.visual.misc- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I thought I saw Excel drop the leading zero on 0555AA. I rechecked and it did not. Mike |
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