Preserved Topic: EXCEL PROBLEM!

ok i know this question doesn't fit into OZONE but where else? mulitmedia? if yes, just move it, thx

ok here we go:
i've got a lot o' numbers like

00001

1. select the whole column and click on format cell.
2. click on "number" tab and choose custom
3. set its type to: "000"

it should work.

no it doesn't

they are already as number formatted....strange

oh i forgot: itz EXCEL 97

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they are already as number formatted....strange

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But they shouldn't be formatted as "Number"!

Like lallous said, select the cells, go to Format > Cells, choose the catogory "Custom" and type 000 into the field.


kuckus (cell #282)

or type ##0 .. either one works .. it's not under the Number category but the Custom category that kuckus stated


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mhm...i am at home now

ok o tried it again, and it works on my pc

the problem is:
when i type 00001 at home it automatically writes 1
then i do what u say and format it to 000
then it works


but at work there's no 1 in the cell there is 00001, formated as number
and if i go to custom there, it doesn't change anything

CELL 557

EXCEL 97
wait, i'm gonna post a screenshot tomorrow

if this helps, the list has been exported from SAP r/3 to excel


somebody deleted a post....

[This message has been edited by massacre (edited 07-15-2002).]

Sorry mas, that was me. I posted asking what version, and as soon as the page relaoded I realized you already answered that in your 2nd post - deleted the post right away thinking nobody would have seen it yet