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Display zero at the begnning of a number sequence in Excel

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    Janelle Lister
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    Display zero at the begnning of a number sequence in Excel

    How do you format cells so that zero is displayed when it is at the begining
    of a number sequence? Example: 031461 displays as 31461. I need the 0 at the
    begining of the sequence to be displayed as well, but Excel hides it
    automatically.

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    There's a couple of ways

    1). Format cell as text
    2). Enter a ' before text
    3). Format cell as "0"General
    4). If a mobile Number leave a gap 07777 777777

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    Re: Display zero at the begnning of a number sequence in Excel

    Hi

    You could format the cell as text - but this means you can't use it for
    calculations. An alternative is to use a custom format of 000000 - which
    will then display 6 digits including leading zeroes if necessary.

    Andy.

    "Janelle Lister" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > How do you format cells so that zero is displayed when it is at the
    > begining
    > of a number sequence? Example: 031461 displays as 31461. I need the 0 at
    > the
    > begining of the sequence to be displayed as well, but Excel hides it
    > automatically.




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