The lastdigit of 16digit numberschanges to 0. How do I stop this?

[Guest]

I'm using Excel 2000 and need to use 16 digit numbers. However I find that
the last digit automatically changes to a zero. For instance typing
5434603057707214 to a cell is changed to 5434603057707210 when I hit enter.
Is there a way to stop this?

 

[Ron Rosenfeld]

I'm using Excel 2000 and need to use 16 digit numbers. However I find that
the last digit automatically changes to a zero. For instance typing
5434603057707214 to a cell is changed to 5434603057707210 when I hit enter.
Is there a way to stop this?

If you look in HELP under specifications, you will see that Excel's precision
is fifteen digits.

If these 16 digit numbers are account numbers, or some kind of value upon which
you do not need to do calculations, then you can enter them as text. Either
pre-format the column as text, or precede your entry with a single quote
'1234567890123456


--ron

 

[David Biddulph]

I'm using Excel 2000 and need to use 16 digit numbers. However I find that
the last digit automatically changes to a zero. For instance typing
5434603057707214 to a cell is changed to 5434603057707210 when I hit
enter.
Is there a way to stop this?

Yes. Format the cell as text before you enter the number.

 

[Guest]

Many thanks, I'll just have to split the number into two columns and do the
maths that way. I did look in help but it seems I chose to aske the wrong
question!

Ian