Starting with a zero?

[karyd]

Is there a way to enter a number beginning with a zero onto an Excel
document? I'm listing some passwords that begin with zero and Excel wants to
leave them off. For example, when I enter 0123 it shows up as 123. Thanks.

 

[FSt1]

hi
leading zeros on true number are unnecessary so excel trims them off.
numbers with leading zero are usually some sort of id code or a number that
you may not wish to preform mathmatical operations on. such as deviding your
phone number by 2. these "numbers" are more like text.
so pre-format the cell as text or begin input with an apostrophe.

Regards
FSt1

 

[Sheeloo]

You can also format as 0000 under Edit->Format Cells->Special for four digit
numbers with leading zeroes for shorter numbers. Increase the number of
zeroes for bigger numbers...

 

[FSt1]

hi
a good suggestion. but just to point.....the format method puts imaginary
zeros in the cell while the data in the formula bar remains without leading
zeros.
this could persent a problem with exporting data. it could also cause
problems in other areas, depending. if there is no exporting done then
formating is a viable solution.
personally, i have always tried to have the data in the cell be the data in
the formula bar. small problem with dates and time........ oh well.
regards
FSt1