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Jas
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11th May 11 at 10:55   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

when I try enter say the following....



8944122250030679240


I get


8944122250030670000


I change it the cell to text format and it works fine most of the time, but sometimes it doesn't..

any way of turning this auto format shit off?


does my head in when you've got 20-30 to do
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hmm, i used to hve this issue when compilign spreadhseets with tens of thousands of sim numbers on too. ill try and recall what i had to do to correct it
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try typing it in one cell then in the next do =value or =abs and link to it, that might work
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Should be fine as long as you format the cell as text before you type in the number? Won't work right if you format it afterwards.
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put a ' in before each number.
It's a limitation within excel.
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Allan wins
ed
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Can't you up the precision in Excel somehow? Is it not in cell properties?
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quote:
Originally posted by loafofbrett
Allan wins


I had to read your post twice Brett, I thought you wrote "Allah"...
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OMG OMG

I'd like to thank my Mum and Dad for bringing me into this world and making this possible. Bill Gates and Paul Allen for creating Microsoft. Mr Owens my old IT teacher who first taught me this trick back in college. Everyone on CS.

Thank you all
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Well, it applies for him also
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quote:
Originally posted by _Allan_
put a ' in before each number.
It's a limitation within excel.
ah yes, that's right
Jas
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thanks allan


you will save me so much time
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Or click on the box > right click > format cell > number > fraction.

 
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