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Where would I get an add-in for this?

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Excel can only handle very small numbers. Less than 16 digits There are
commercial add-ins available to address this limitation
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"Sara" wrote:

I had a 16 digit number in excel stored as text. When I convert it to a
number the last digit becomes a zero. Is there anyway that I can fix this?

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Sara,

What do you want to do (math-wise) with the sixteeen digit number?

HTH,
Bernie
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Where would I get an add-in for this?

"Gary's Student" wrote:

Excel can only handle very small numbers. Less than 16 digits There are
commercial add-ins available to address this limitation
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Gary's Student


"Sara" wrote:

I had a 16 digit number in excel stored as text. When I convert it to a
number the last digit becomes a zero. Is there anyway that I can fix this?



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