Leadin 0s

We import from data from a student application software.

After exporting to Excel, it drops the leading 0s in a feild called
OtherID.

After I format the cells to text , adding 0s and save it again to .cvs
file, it drops the 0s again.

Is there any way for us to keep the leading 0s in .csv file.

Thanks


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Use notepad to look at the .csv file. You should see the leading 0's there.

The leading 0's get lost when you open that file in excel.



xcao wrote:
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> We import from data from a student application software.
>
> After exporting to Excel, it drops the leading 0s in a feild called
> OtherID.
>
> After I format the cells to text , adding 0s and save it again to .cvs
> file, it drops the 0s again.
>
> Is there any way for us to keep the leading 0s in .csv file.
>
> Thanks
>
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