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Monika has attended:
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Number of digits in a cell

When I enter into a cell a 15 digit number (for example: 123456789123456) , it is displayed correctly. When I try to enter a 16 or more digit number, the 16th and any other digit after is being converted into zero (for example: 1234567891234567 --> is being displayed as 1234567891234560).
Could you help on this?

RE: number of digits in a cell

Hi Monika

When you type a number that contains more than 15 digits in a cell, Microsoft Excel changes any digits past the fifteenth place to zeroes. Excel will only store 15 significant digits in a number.

You can format the cell as text, then the cell can then display up to 1,024 characters. However if you do this then the number cannot be included in a formula.

Amanda

Source: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/269370/en-us?spid=2513& ;sid=480


 

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