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How can I enter over 15 digits in a cell without it rounding off the excess
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You can't enter a numeric value 15 digits so you need to format the cell as
TEXT but obviously you cannot use this for calculations.

Not for Credit Card Number by any chance?

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You can't enter a numeric value 15 digits so you need to format the
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As noted above, this makes a text value, not numeric. You can’t do
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No, transaction #'s and I don't need math calcs. So text is fine. I got it
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You can't enter a numeric value 15 digits so you need to format the cell as
TEXT but obviously you cannot use this for calculations.

Not for Credit Card Number by any chance?

HTH

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How can I enter over 15 digits in a cell without it rounding off the excess
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