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Reformatting numbers permanently rounds them?

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    Reformatting numbers permanently rounds them?

    Using Excel 2013. I have received some sizeable workbooks from somebody else, and I went through and reformatted the numbers to my own liking. One of the columns contained 8-digit decimals. I reformatted the column to two decimals and all the numbers automatically got rounded to two decimals - I've never had this happen before. Is there some option or formatting setting that caused this?:

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    Re: Reformatting numbers permanently rounds them?

    Check your precision setting:
    • File.Excel_Options.Advanced..."When calculating this workbook" section
    ...Is "Set precision as displayed" checked?
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    Re: Reformatting numbers permanently rounds them?

    Thanks - that's the culprit. Need to be careful when working on someone else's workbook!

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