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Nawas

Number not showing correctly
 
Hi, I had tried to enter a 12digit number in a worksheet but after entering
it its not showing the coorrect number.Eg Iam trying to enter 857268578633 in
the work sheet but after entering its showing 8.57269e+11 Why its happened
Like this can you please explain me

Rod

Number not showing correctly
 
the format of the cell is probably 'General' instead of number. When you
select number you can select the number of decimal places and/or the comma
and negative number format if you like. If it then shows up as ###### or
still has the scientific format appearance, you can widen the column.

"Nawas" wrote:

Hi, I had tried to enter a 12digit number in a worksheet but after entering
it its not showing the coorrect number.Eg Iam trying to enter 857268578633 in
the work sheet but after entering its showing 8.57269e+11 Why its happened
Like this can you please explain me



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