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Mysterious formatting - cannot fix
The other day I opened up an existing Excel 2000 workbook only to discover
that the formatting had been changed! When I attempted to enter the number 25 into an existing cell, the formatting changed it to 0.25. I have used this worksheet for years with no changes, and literally overnight the formatting just changed itself! I tried to format the cells, tried several settings, and nothing works! It is forcing me to enter the decimal (25.) in order to the get the whole number "25" - incredibly mysterious. Does anyone know how to fix this or what may have caused it in the first place? Not only is this a problem with existing files, but also with new worksheets I create. Any help will be appreciated! |
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Mysterious formatting - cannot fix
Sounds like fixed decimal got turned on. Go to Tools/Options/Edit and
uncheck Fixed Decimal. -- Kevin Vaughn "Jennifer H" wrote: The other day I opened up an existing Excel 2000 workbook only to discover that the formatting had been changed! When I attempted to enter the number 25 into an existing cell, the formatting changed it to 0.25. I have used this worksheet for years with no changes, and literally overnight the formatting just changed itself! I tried to format the cells, tried several settings, and nothing works! It is forcing me to enter the decimal (25.) in order to the get the whole number "25" - incredibly mysterious. Does anyone know how to fix this or what may have caused it in the first place? Not only is this a problem with existing files, but also with new worksheets I create. Any help will be appreciated! |
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Mysterious formatting - cannot fix
Thank you so much - that did the trick!
"Kevin Vaughn" wrote: Sounds like fixed decimal got turned on. Go to Tools/Options/Edit and uncheck Fixed Decimal. -- Kevin Vaughn "Jennifer H" wrote: The other day I opened up an existing Excel 2000 workbook only to discover that the formatting had been changed! When I attempted to enter the number 25 into an existing cell, the formatting changed it to 0.25. I have used this worksheet for years with no changes, and literally overnight the formatting just changed itself! I tried to format the cells, tried several settings, and nothing works! It is forcing me to enter the decimal (25.) in order to the get the whole number "25" - incredibly mysterious. Does anyone know how to fix this or what may have caused it in the first place? Not only is this a problem with existing files, but also with new worksheets I create. Any help will be appreciated! |
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Mysterious formatting - cannot fix
You're welcome.
-- Kevin Vaughn "Jennifer H" wrote: Thank you so much - that did the trick! "Kevin Vaughn" wrote: Sounds like fixed decimal got turned on. Go to Tools/Options/Edit and uncheck Fixed Decimal. -- Kevin Vaughn "Jennifer H" wrote: The other day I opened up an existing Excel 2000 workbook only to discover that the formatting had been changed! When I attempted to enter the number 25 into an existing cell, the formatting changed it to 0.25. I have used this worksheet for years with no changes, and literally overnight the formatting just changed itself! I tried to format the cells, tried several settings, and nothing works! It is forcing me to enter the decimal (25.) in order to the get the whole number "25" - incredibly mysterious. Does anyone know how to fix this or what may have caused it in the first place? Not only is this a problem with existing files, but also with new worksheets I create. Any help will be appreciated! |
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