Sorry I cannot help. I just want to add my disgust at this "upgrade." As an
accountant the problem gets worse when you click into a cell and then leave
that cell and 20 turns into .20. Try explaining that to a client.

"Michael" wrote:

Well thank you. I thought it wa me and I wias misssing something. I guess I
will reinstall Excel 2002 So I can actually save time by using the program.

"Frank Kabel" wrote:

Hi RD
yes, Excel 2003 is different than the previous versions for this

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Frank Kabel
Frankfurt, Germany

"Ragdyer" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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I don't have this problem.
Did Redmond change this for '03 Debra?
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"Debra Dalgleish" wrote in message
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You can add a decimal and a zero at the end of the number, to
override
the fixed decimals. For example, type 33.0 and it well be entered
as 33

CPAMichael wrote:
How do I override fixed decimal place settings in EXcel 2003?
The
override
function does not work (pressing the decimal key after enterung
the
number in
a cell.)


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