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keep the 0 as the fiirst number in a set
i am entering a set of numbers in a colum and the first diget is 0, how do
you keep that o showing when you go to the next cell? |
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Bob
Maintaining a leading zero requires either customs formatting or data entry as text. Taking the latter first, entering ' as the first digit causes Excel to recognise data as text. Example '01 will show as 01. Disadvantage: no mathematical calculations. Formatting only changes the way users see the result. There is a good explanation on the page below. http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/P...cle.asp?ID=146 Steve "bob" wrote in message ... i am entering a set of numbers in a colum and the first diget is 0, how do you keep that o showing when you go to the next cell? |
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You can highlight the column, Right-click FormatCells NumberTab choose
the TEXT selection OK...........this way, if you have a lot of entries to do, you don't have to type a leading apostrophe to change each cell to TEXT format individually.......... Vaya con Dios, Chuck, CABGx3 "bob" wrote in message ... i am entering a set of numbers in a colum and the first diget is 0, how do you keep that o showing when you go to the next cell? |
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