Fixed Decimal Question

[Carla]

Maybe this is how it's supposed to work, but my client says it's not. She has
fixed decimal set under tools, options with 2 decimal places. However she
said in the past she could type 25. and it would show up as 25.00 and if she
typed 25 it would show up as .25 but now either way she types it the result
is .25 and she wants it to be the way it used to be. So my question is what
is the best way to do this and how is it supposed to work?

Thanks,
Carla

[Dave Peterson]

MS changed this behavior in xl2003 (I think).

Tell her to type 25.0 to get the whole number.

I use xl2003 SP2
and I can type 25. and the value in the cell is 25.
(I'm not sure if the behavior changed back with one of the service packs.)

Carla wrote:
>
> Maybe this is how it's supposed to work, but my client says it's not. She has
> fixed decimal set under tools, options with 2 decimal places. However she
> said in the past she could type 25. and it would show up as 25.00 and if she
> typed 25 it would show up as .25 but now either way she types it the result
> is .25 and she wants it to be the way it used to be. So my question is what
> is the best way to do this and how is it supposed to work?
>
> Thanks,
> Carla

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Dave Peterson

[Bob Phillips]

Carla,

Methinks your client has poor memory. What you see is what is intended.

You probably need to format the cell as Number, with 2 dec places,
Format>Cells>Number.

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RP
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"Carla" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Maybe this is how it's supposed to work, but my client says it's not. She
has
> fixed decimal set under tools, options with 2 decimal places. However she
> said in the past she could type 25. and it would show up as 25.00 and if
she
> typed 25 it would show up as .25 but now either way she types it the
result
> is .25 and she wants it to be the way it used to be. So my question is
what
> is the best way to do this and how is it supposed to work?
>
> Thanks,
> Carla

[Duke Carey]

Well, in some brief experimentation on XL2002, the only way I was able to
enter 25. and have it converted to a value of .25 was if the range were
formatted as %.

Using straight Fixed Decimals & 2 places, 25. was accepted as 25.00. So
long as she appends the period to the digits she enters, it would APPEAR that
Excel treats the entry as integers, not as decimals.

In other words, I'm skeptical about your client's claim



"Carla" wrote:

> It was formatted as general.
>
> "Duke Carey" wrote:
>
> > does she have the range formatted as Percent?
> >
> > "Carla" wrote:
> >
> > > Maybe this is how it's supposed to work, but my client says it's not. She has
> > > fixed decimal set under tools, options with 2 decimal places. However she
> > > said in the past she could type 25. and it would show up as 25.00 and if she
> > > typed 25 it would show up as .25 but now either way she types it the result
> > > is .25 and she wants it to be the way it used to be. So my question is what
> > > is the best way to do this and how is it supposed to work?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Carla

[Peo Sjoblom]

Duke, if her client is using 2003 it works that way, in 2003 you need to
enter 25.0 to get 25

Peo


"Duke Carey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Well, in some brief experimentation on XL2002, the only way I was able to
> enter 25. and have it converted to a value of .25 was if the range were
> formatted as %.
>
> Using straight Fixed Decimals & 2 places, 25. was accepted as 25.00. So
> long as she appends the period to the digits she enters, it would APPEAR
that
> Excel treats the entry as integers, not as decimals.
>
> In other words, I'm skeptical about your client's claim
>
>
>
> "Carla" wrote:
>
> > It was formatted as general.
> >
> > "Duke Carey" wrote:
> >
> > > does she have the range formatted as Percent?
> > >
> > > "Carla" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Maybe this is how it's supposed to work, but my client says it's
not. She has
> > > > fixed decimal set under tools, options with 2 decimal places.
However she
> > > > said in the past she could type 25. and it would show up as 25.00
and if she
> > > > typed 25 it would show up as .25 but now either way she types it the
result
> > > > is .25 and she wants it to be the way it used to be. So my question
is what
> > > > is the best way to do this and how is it supposed to work?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Carla

[Duke Carey]

does she have the range formatted as Percent?

"Carla" wrote:

> Maybe this is how it's supposed to work, but my client says it's not. She has
> fixed decimal set under tools, options with 2 decimal places. However she
> said in the past she could type 25. and it would show up as 25.00 and if she
> typed 25 it would show up as .25 but now either way she types it the result
> is .25 and she wants it to be the way it used to be. So my question is what
> is the best way to do this and how is it supposed to work?
>
> Thanks,
> Carla

[Dave Peterson]

I could enter 25. (with the dot) and get 25, also.

Was this changed in SP2 of xl2003?

(I remember having to type 25.0 in either xl2003 or xl2003 SP1--am I remembering
incorrectly??)

Peo Sjoblom wrote:
>
> Duke, if her client is using 2003 it works that way, in 2003 you need to
> enter 25.0 to get 25
>
> Peo
>
> "Duke Carey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Well, in some brief experimentation on XL2002, the only way I was able to
> > enter 25. and have it converted to a value of .25 was if the range were
> > formatted as %.
> >
> > Using straight Fixed Decimals & 2 places, 25. was accepted as 25.00. So
> > long as she appends the period to the digits she enters, it would APPEAR
> that
> > Excel treats the entry as integers, not as decimals.
> >
> > In other words, I'm skeptical about your client's claim
> >
> >
> >
> > "Carla" wrote:
> >
> > > It was formatted as general.
> > >
> > > "Duke Carey" wrote:
> > >
> > > > does she have the range formatted as Percent?
> > > >
> > > > "Carla" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Maybe this is how it's supposed to work, but my client says it's
> not. She has
> > > > > fixed decimal set under tools, options with 2 decimal places.
> However she
> > > > > said in the past she could type 25. and it would show up as 25.00
> and if she
> > > > > typed 25 it would show up as .25 but now either way she types it the
> result
> > > > > is .25 and she wants it to be the way it used to be. So my question
> is what
> > > > > is the best way to do this and how is it supposed to work?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > Carla

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Dave Peterson

[Gord Dibben]

Duke

Tools>Options>Edit. Check "Fixed Decimals" and set for 2.

Enter 25 and you will get .25

Enter 25. and you will get 25

XL 97, 2002 and 2003


Gord Dibben Excel MVP


On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 14:13:28 -0800, "Duke Carey"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Well, in some brief experimentation on XL2002, the only way I was able to
>enter 25. and have it converted to a value of .25 was if the range were
>formatted as %.
>
>Using straight Fixed Decimals & 2 places, 25. was accepted as 25.00. So
>long as she appends the period to the digits she enters, it would APPEAR that
>Excel treats the entry as integers, not as decimals.
>
>In other words, I'm skeptical about your client's claim
>
>
>
>"Carla" wrote:
>
>> It was formatted as general.
>>
>> "Duke Carey" wrote:
>>
>> > does she have the range formatted as Percent?
>> >
>> > "Carla" wrote:
>> >
>> > > Maybe this is how it's supposed to work, but my client says it's not. She has
>> > > fixed decimal set under tools, options with 2 decimal places. However she
>> > > said in the past she could type 25. and it would show up as 25.00 and if she
>> > > typed 25 it would show up as .25 but now either way she types it the result
>> > > is .25 and she wants it to be the way it used to be. So my question is what
>> > > is the best way to do this and how is it supposed to work?
>> > >
>> > > Thanks,
>> > > Carla

[Carla]

It was formatted as general.

"Duke Carey" wrote:

> does she have the range formatted as Percent?
>
> "Carla" wrote:
>
> > Maybe this is how it's supposed to work, but my client says it's not. She has
> > fixed decimal set under tools, options with 2 decimal places. However she
> > said in the past she could type 25. and it would show up as 25.00 and if she
> > typed 25 it would show up as .25 but now either way she types it the result
> > is .25 and she wants it to be the way it used to be. So my question is what
> > is the best way to do this and how is it supposed to work?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Carla