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My Last Number Is Always ZERO. What Gives?

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    My Last Number Is Always ZERO. What Gives?

    So, I have your standard bookkeeping spreadsheet... One of my pages has Account Information such as Account Numbers, Contact Phone Numbers, Website Addresses, etc...

    When I put in the Account Numbers, no matter what I do, after I hit <ENTER>, the last digit turns to ZERO.

    Why is this?

    Example:
    I enter 1234567890123456
    BUT
    The cell shows 1234567890123450

    I have gone to FORMAT CELLS and under the NUMBER tab I select Category NUMBER

    How can I get this to display correctly?

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    Re: My Last Number Is Always ZERO. What Gives?

    Excel can only work with 15 digit precision, so it converts the 16th to 0

    If you want all the digits, precede it with an apostrophe (this will now be a text string)
    Where there is a will there are many ways.

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    Re: My Last Number Is Always ZERO. What Gives?

    Ahhhhh! That was simple! Thank you very much

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    Re: My Last Number Is Always ZERO. What Gives?

    or format cells text before entering number
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