Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
#1
Posted to microsoft.public.excel.newusers
|
|||
|
|||
cell format
Why when entering a 12 digit number is the last digit is changed to a "0"
when saving? An example would be entering the number 123456789123 would be saved as 123456789120. Currently my cell format is general. |
#2
Posted to microsoft.public.excel.newusers
|
|||
|
|||
cell format
In Excel2003, if I enter 123456789123 I get 1.234567E+11 with a cell
formatted to General. If I format it to Number with 0 decimal places I get 123456789123 Of course, we can only have 15 significant digits because Excel uses the IEEE convention to store numbers. best wishes -- Bernard V Liengme www.stfx.ca/people/bliengme remove caps from email "Anders" wrote in message ... Why when entering a 12 digit number is the last digit is changed to a "0" when saving? An example would be entering the number 123456789123 would be saved as 123456789120. Currently my cell format is general. |
#3
Posted to microsoft.public.excel.newusers
|
|||
|
|||
cell format
If your number is a "stock number" or somethine else that you will not have
to do math on later, you can prevent the problem by just pre-formatting the cells as TEXT, or typing a leading apostrophe before the number which does the same thing. hth Vaya con Dios, Chuck, CABGx3 "Anders" wrote: Why when entering a 12 digit number is the last digit is changed to a "0" when saving? An example would be entering the number 123456789123 would be saved as 123456789120. Currently my cell format is general. |
Reply |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Forum | |||
conditional cell format based on cell in same row, previous column | Excel Worksheet Functions | |||
Custom functions calculating time arguments Help Desperate | Excel Worksheet Functions | |||
Cell data format | Excel Discussion (Misc queries) | |||
Possible Lookup Table | Excel Worksheet Functions | |||
can't format cell - have tried unlocking and unprotecting | Excel Discussion (Misc queries) |