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How can stop a 9 digit number from formatting scientific
I am completing a pivot table/csv file for Government Legislation
requirements and my user id number for submitting the information keeps reverting to a scientific number which is unacceptable to the government site. I have tried and better tried formatting the cell, gone into tools/edit etc but to no avail I am running out of time for submission - help! |
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How can stop a 9 digit number from formatting scientific
Have you tried widening the column?
But I don't know what a pivot table/csv file means. Does this mean you're having trouble in the CSV file? If you're checking the CSV file by reopening it in excel, try checking the layout using a text editor -- like NotePad. On 05/17/2010 05:00, Excell Rooky wrote: I am completing a pivot table/csv file for Government Legislation requirements and my user id number for submitting the information keeps reverting to a scientific number which is unacceptable to the government site. I have tried and better tried formatting the cell, gone into tools/edit etc but to no avail I am running out of time for submission - help! |
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I have had this issue with keeping fake credit card numbers in a spreadsheet for systems testing purposes. To stop the number from being autoformatted add a ' hanging comma symbol to the beginning of the number.
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How can stop a 9 digit number from formatting scientific
On 5/17/2010 3:00 AM, Excell Rooky wrote:
I am completing a pivot table/csv file for Government Legislation requirements and my user id number for submitting the information keeps reverting to a scientific number which is unacceptable to the government site. I have tried and better tried formatting the cell, gone into tools/edit etc but to no avail I am running out of time for submission - help! If the "number" is a user id, why not make it text instead? Precede it with an apostrophe as suggested. Bill |
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