I have a worksheet that has one column that has account numbers. If I enter
16 or more digits the last numbers change to a 0. I have set, cell format to
numbers with no decimals.
I have a worksheet that has one column that has account numbers. If I enter
16 or more digits the last numbers change to a 0. I have set, cell format to
numbers with no decimals.
Try setting cell format to text before entering or use an apostrophe then
enter the number
HTH
Regards,
Howard
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>I have a worksheet that has one column that has account numbers. If I enter
> 16 or more digits the last numbers change to a 0. I have set, cell format
> to
> numbers with no decimals.
Excel will only display up to 15 significant digits. So anything beyond the 15th number will display as a zero. You can either set it up to display in scientific notation or if you will not be using the numbers for any math then simply put an apostrophe (') in front of the number to display it as text.
Excel cannot handle "numbers" that large...Try this
Select the cells that will contain account numbers
Format>Cells>Number tab
Category: Text
Click the [OK] button
That will change the format to treat every value as text.
Does that help?
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Regards,
Ron
XL2002, WinXP-Pro
"dan12" wrote:
> I have a worksheet that has one column that has account numbers. If I enter
> 16 or more digits the last numbers change to a 0. I have set, cell format to
> numbers with no decimals.
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