exponential numbers in cells

[Guest]

I sell on eBay and when I have to download my offerings the Item IDs come
back in 9 to 10 digit numbers and are put in excel cells. Excel puts these
number into exponents that for some reason I cannot get to show up in their
original form ( their full length)
Can someone tell me how to format the cells so that the numbers show up in
their non exponential form

 

[Ragdyer]

Are the cells formatted as General?

Have you tried making the columns wider?

A General formatted cell that's too narrow to display the contained number
can be displayed in any of 3 forms.
Much too narrow = ####
Make slightly wider = 1.23E+08
Make wider still = 123456789

 

[Guest]

Thanks but I tried all that and I still get a number but it is rounded off

 

[RagDyeR]

Try *Pre*formatting the cells as "Text".

 

[Guest]

I think I have it Your last response helped. I formatted the cells under
the "custom" formatting. Then I chose 0. It converted all the exponentials
to there normal lengths
Thanks again for your helping me out with this