how to stop excel from auto formatting whole number to decimal %

G

Guest

how do i stop excel from auto formatting whole numbers into decimals?

example:

input 3 --> excel would show 0.03
 
G

Guest

Try this:

From the Excel main menu:
<tools><options><edit tab>
UNcheck: Fixed decimal places

Does that help?
***********
Regards,
Ron

XL2002, WinXP
 
G

Guest

ron, you are amazing!

thank you soooooo much.

Ron Coderre said:
Try this:

From the Excel main menu:
<tools><options><edit tab>
UNcheck: Fixed decimal places

Does that help?
***********
Regards,
Ron

XL2002, WinXP
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