retain leading zeros in number format

[Jeff]

I'm sure this must be a basic question: I need to have numbers in a
particular column which begin with three leading zeros as in 000123 but
Excel automatically discards them. I can't find a format in the number
category which retains them. How do I do it please?

Thanks

 

[Bob Phillips]

000000

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HTH

RP
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[Peo Sjoblom]

If it is always 6 digits use custom format and 000000, if you need to export
it use text
format

 

[Earl Kiosterud]

Jeff,

Format - Cells - Number - Custom tab:

0000000

 

[BobT]

If formatting doen't help you can use ="000"&A1
Where A1 is the number that won't hold its lead zeroes

I've used the following for 5 digits zip codes when mail
merge in Word won't hold the lead zeroes in the Northeast
(US)
=IF(LEN(A1)<2,0,"")&IF(LEN(A1)<3,0,"")&IF(LEN(A1)<4,0,"")
&IF(LEN(A1)<5,0,"")&A1

If any you wish to improve this please post it.

 

[Jeff]

Thanks guys, that did it!