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very annoying problem Please help
Hi,
I am very upset, sorry I am sure this is simple for most, but. I use excel more as a database. I do not use many formulas etc. And it serves me well. Excel 2003 why can I NOT paste a number into a cell???? without excel messing with it. ex: 123497865 I want that pasted exactly as it looks. I have tried all 4 paste options. It's driving me crazy. I want excel to do magic whebn I choose, is this not possible? Sucks really Luke |
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Sorry, forgot. I also tried ALL formats of the cells,rows. etc. I want this
I get stuff like this 7.4019E+22, not the numbers thanks Luke "Frank" wrote in message ... Hi, I am very upset, sorry I am sure this is simple for most, but. I use excel more as a database. I do not use many formulas etc. And it serves me well. Excel 2003 why can I NOT paste a number into a cell???? without excel messing with it. ex: 123497865 I want that pasted exactly as it looks. I have tried all 4 paste options. It's driving me crazy. I want excel to do magic whebn I choose, is this not possible? Sucks really Luke |
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Sorry for all this but I am so very stressed, I have work to do, just some
lists with relavant data. No problem in excel 97. Anyway, obviously it is some sort of preference or sometging. I have all set to defaults. I cannot even type in a 18 digit number without this 7.40E+22 Please shoot me Luke "Frank" wrote in message ... Sorry, forgot. I also tried ALL formats of the cells,rows. etc. I want this I get stuff like this 7.4019E+22, not the numbers thanks Luke "Frank" wrote in message ... Hi, I am very upset, sorry I am sure this is simple for most, but. I use excel more as a database. I do not use many formulas etc. And it serves me well. Excel 2003 why can I NOT paste a number into a cell???? without excel messing with it. ex: 123497865 I want that pasted exactly as it looks. I have tried all 4 paste options. It's driving me crazy. I want excel to do magic whebn I choose, is this not possible? Sucks really Luke |
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It says General, even a brand new worksheet, but still numbers get changed
to scientif format, ????????? cell is not too short luke the pest ready to commit suicide "Frank" wrote in message ... Sorry for all this but I am so very stressed, I have work to do, just some lists with relavant data. No problem in excel 97. Anyway, obviously it is some sort of preference or sometging. I have all set to defaults. I cannot even type in a 18 digit number without this 7.40E+22 Please shoot me Luke "Frank" wrote in message ... Sorry, forgot. I also tried ALL formats of the cells,rows. etc. I want this I get stuff like this 7.4019E+22, not the numbers thanks Luke "Frank" wrote in message ... Hi, I am very upset, sorry I am sure this is simple for most, but. I use excel more as a database. I do not use many formulas etc. And it serves me well. Excel 2003 why can I NOT paste a number into a cell???? without excel messing with it. ex: 123497865 I want that pasted exactly as it looks. I have tried all 4 paste options. It's driving me crazy. I want excel to do magic whebn I choose, is this not possible? Sucks really Luke |
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Wow, Frank. Cool a bit before you have a coronary. Format your cell as a
number with 0 places after the decimal point. I've also had it work with no formatting for the content but made the cell just a bit bigger. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Frank" wrote in message ... It says General, even a brand new worksheet, but still numbers get changed to scientif format, ????????? cell is not too short luke the pest ready to commit suicide "Frank" wrote in message ... Sorry for all this but I am so very stressed, I have work to do, just some lists with relavant data. No problem in excel 97. Anyway, obviously it is some sort of preference or sometging. I have all set to defaults. I cannot even type in a 18 digit number without this 7.40E+22 Please shoot me Luke "Frank" wrote in message ... Sorry, forgot. I also tried ALL formats of the cells,rows. etc. I want this I get stuff like this 7.4019E+22, not the numbers thanks Luke "Frank" wrote in message ... Hi, I am very upset, sorry I am sure this is simple for most, but. I use excel more as a database. I do not use many formulas etc. And it serves me well. Excel 2003 why can I NOT paste a number into a cell???? without excel messing with it. ex: 123497865 I want that pasted exactly as it looks. I have tried all 4 paste options. It's driving me crazy. I want excel to do magic whebn I choose, is this not possible? Sucks really Luke |
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You mentioned 18 digit numbers.
XL can only work with 15 digits. That's *true* numbers ... numbers to be used in calculations. If you're using your numbers as text, like in credit card numbers, with no calculations connected to them, you can *pre-format* the cells as "text", OR, on an individual cell by cell basis, you could prefix each entry with an apostrophe, which will be visible in the formula bar, but will not show in the cells. In that kind of format, you could use *any* number of digits that you'll need. -- HTH, RD --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please keep all correspondence within the NewsGroup, so all may benefit ! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Frank" wrote in message ... It says General, even a brand new worksheet, but still numbers get changed to scientif format, ????????? cell is not too short luke the pest ready to commit suicide "Frank" wrote in message ... Sorry for all this but I am so very stressed, I have work to do, just some lists with relavant data. No problem in excel 97. Anyway, obviously it is some sort of preference or sometging. I have all set to defaults. I cannot even type in a 18 digit number without this 7.40E+22 Please shoot me Luke "Frank" wrote in message ... Sorry, forgot. I also tried ALL formats of the cells,rows. etc. I want this I get stuff like this 7.4019E+22, not the numbers thanks Luke "Frank" wrote in message ... Hi, I am very upset, sorry I am sure this is simple for most, but. I use excel more as a database. I do not use many formulas etc. And it serves me well. Excel 2003 why can I NOT paste a number into a cell???? without excel messing with it. ex: 123497865 I want that pasted exactly as it looks. I have tried all 4 paste options. It's driving me crazy. I want excel to do magic whebn I choose, is this not possible? Sucks really Luke |
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Joanne and Ragdyer,
thanks for the responses. Sorry for the excitement, was very upset. I did try format as text but it didn't work. That's what set me off I think.But I went back after closing it and now it works. I figured text was OK and I knew the cell had to big enough. must have left something somewhere in the sheet or somethingh. Anyway I now have the greenflag telling me their is an error. I figured I should choose it is text as a number , ignore? Anyway thanks so much I have alot to learn and I will Frank "Ragdyer" wrote in message ... You mentioned 18 digit numbers. XL can only work with 15 digits. That's *true* numbers ... numbers to be used in calculations. If you're using your numbers as text, like in credit card numbers, with no calculations connected to them, you can *pre-format* the cells as "text", OR, on an individual cell by cell basis, you could prefix each entry with an apostrophe, which will be visible in the formula bar, but will not show in the cells. In that kind of format, you could use *any* number of digits that you'll need. -- HTH, RD --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please keep all correspondence within the NewsGroup, so all may benefit ! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Frank" wrote in message ... It says General, even a brand new worksheet, but still numbers get changed to scientif format, ????????? cell is not too short luke the pest ready to commit suicide "Frank" wrote in message ... Sorry for all this but I am so very stressed, I have work to do, just some lists with relavant data. No problem in excel 97. Anyway, obviously it is some sort of preference or sometging. I have all set to defaults. I cannot even type in a 18 digit number without this 7.40E+22 Please shoot me Luke "Frank" wrote in message ... Sorry, forgot. I also tried ALL formats of the cells,rows. etc. I want this I get stuff like this 7.4019E+22, not the numbers thanks Luke "Frank" wrote in message ... Hi, I am very upset, sorry I am sure this is simple for most, but. I use excel more as a database. I do not use many formulas etc. And it serves me well. Excel 2003 why can I NOT paste a number into a cell???? without excel messing with it. ex: 123497865 I want that pasted exactly as it looks. I have tried all 4 paste options. It's driving me crazy. I want excel to do magic whebn I choose, is this not possible? Sucks really Luke |
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Without knowing what the purpose of that column is, we can't answer that.
Take a look at your data and then decide whether it's safe to do that. Good luck - and I'm glad to see that you've finally taken a breath. ;-) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Frank" wrote in message ... Joanne and Ragdyer, thanks for the responses. Sorry for the excitement, was very upset. I did try format as text but it didn't work. That's what set me off I think.But I went back after closing it and now it works. I figured text was OK and I knew the cell had to big enough. must have left something somewhere in the sheet or somethingh. Anyway I now have the greenflag telling me their is an error. I figured I should choose it is text as a number , ignore? Anyway thanks so much I have alot to learn and I will Frank "Ragdyer" wrote in message ... You mentioned 18 digit numbers. XL can only work with 15 digits. That's *true* numbers ... numbers to be used in calculations. If you're using your numbers as text, like in credit card numbers, with no calculations connected to them, you can *pre-format* the cells as "text", OR, on an individual cell by cell basis, you could prefix each entry with an apostrophe, which will be visible in the formula bar, but will not show in the cells. In that kind of format, you could use *any* number of digits that you'll need. -- HTH, RD --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please keep all correspondence within the NewsGroup, so all may benefit ! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Frank" wrote in message ... It says General, even a brand new worksheet, but still numbers get changed to scientif format, ????????? cell is not too short luke the pest ready to commit suicide "Frank" wrote in message ... Sorry for all this but I am so very stressed, I have work to do, just some lists with relavant data. No problem in excel 97. Anyway, obviously it is some sort of preference or sometging. I have all set to defaults. I cannot even type in a 18 digit number without this 7.40E+22 Please shoot me Luke "Frank" wrote in message ... Sorry, forgot. I also tried ALL formats of the cells,rows. etc. I want this I get stuff like this 7.4019E+22, not the numbers thanks Luke "Frank" wrote in message ... Hi, I am very upset, sorry I am sure this is simple for most, but. I use excel more as a database. I do not use many formulas etc. And it serves me well. Excel 2003 why can I NOT paste a number into a cell???? without excel messing with it. ex: 123497865 I want that pasted exactly as it looks. I have tried all 4 paste options. It's driving me crazy. I want excel to do magic whebn I choose, is this not possible? Sucks really Luke |
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Yes, I know about the breath, needed it. JoAnn Thanks so much for your help
and I will be back, but relaxed, as I read on and learn. I am new to excel in it's original purpose, easy to see I am sure. I have a few MS certs but primarily desktop support and some networking. I am starting on a journey on which I hope to obtain a good working knowledge of Excel and Access. I am determined. We have 97 at work, ugh. I have 2003 pro at home, had 2000 for a few years before that. Anyway, thanks again Frank "JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]" wrote in message ... Without knowing what the purpose of that column is, we can't answer that. Take a look at your data and then decide whether it's safe to do that. Good luck - and I'm glad to see that you've finally taken a breath. ;-) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Frank" wrote in message ... Joanne and Ragdyer, thanks for the responses. Sorry for the excitement, was very upset. I did try format as text but it didn't work. That's what set me off I think.But I went back after closing it and now it works. I figured text was OK and I knew the cell had to big enough. must have left something somewhere in the sheet or somethingh. Anyway I now have the greenflag telling me their is an error. I figured I should choose it is text as a number , ignore? Anyway thanks so much I have alot to learn and I will Frank "Ragdyer" wrote in message ... You mentioned 18 digit numbers. XL can only work with 15 digits. That's *true* numbers ... numbers to be used in calculations. If you're using your numbers as text, like in credit card numbers, with no calculations connected to them, you can *pre-format* the cells as "text", OR, on an individual cell by cell basis, you could prefix each entry with an apostrophe, which will be visible in the formula bar, but will not show in the cells. In that kind of format, you could use *any* number of digits that you'll need. -- HTH, RD --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please keep all correspondence within the NewsGroup, so all may benefit ! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Frank" wrote in message ... It says General, even a brand new worksheet, but still numbers get changed to scientif format, ????????? cell is not too short luke the pest ready to commit suicide "Frank" wrote in message ... Sorry for all this but I am so very stressed, I have work to do, just some lists with relavant data. No problem in excel 97. Anyway, obviously it is some sort of preference or sometging. I have all set to defaults. I cannot even type in a 18 digit number without this 7.40E+22 Please shoot me Luke "Frank" wrote in message ... Sorry, forgot. I also tried ALL formats of the cells,rows. etc. I want this I get stuff like this 7.4019E+22, not the numbers thanks Luke "Frank" wrote in message ... Hi, I am very upset, sorry I am sure this is simple for most, but. I use excel more as a database. I do not use many formulas etc. And it serves me well. Excel 2003 why can I NOT paste a number into a cell???? without excel messing with it. ex: 123497865 I want that pasted exactly as it looks. I have tried all 4 paste options. It's driving me crazy. I want excel to do magic whebn I choose, is this not possible? Sucks really Luke |
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