adding zeros to a cell

[Guest]

If I put a dash and put zeros in after it, how can I make it stay in that
format? Or even, how can I make a cell display multiple zeros instead of
one? I have custom formatted a cell but it doesn't hold it's properties when
it comes to combining cells. Thanks.

 

[Jason Morin]

Precede your data with an apostrophe (').

For example:

'-000123

HTH
Jason
Atlanta, GA

 

[Dave Peterson]

You can also format the cell as text and type in exactly what you want.

But if you used real numbers and a custom number format, then you can use this
kind of thing when you combine cells:

=text(a1,"0000") & " some notes here" & text(b1,"00.00") & text(c1,"mm/dd/yyyy")

 

[Guest]

Thank you DD for asking this question, and thank you DAve for the answer!

JimV