Excel — keep leading zeros in text string
For Excel associated with Microsoft Office 2016:
I have seen answers to keeping leading zeros in Excel for a number, but how does one keep the leading zeros displayed for a text string (taken from a TSQL-varchar):
e.g.
000A0
?
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For Excel associated with Microsoft Office 2016:
I have seen answers to keeping leading zeros in Excel for a number, but how does one keep the leading zeros displayed for a text string (taken from a TSQL-varchar):
e.g.
000A0
?
microsoft-excel-2016 text-formatting
asked Feb 14 at 17:27
JosephDoggieJosephDoggie
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For Excel associated with Microsoft Office 2016:
I have seen answers to keeping leading zeros in Excel for a number, but how does one keep the leading zeros displayed for a text string (taken from a TSQL-varchar):
e.g.
000A0
?
microsoft-excel-2016 text-formatting
asked Feb 14 at 17:27
JosephDoggieJosephDoggie
1195
For Excel associated with Microsoft Office 2016:
I have seen answers to keeping leading zeros in Excel for a number, but how does one keep the leading zeros displayed for a text string (taken from a TSQL-varchar):
e.g.
000A0
?
microsoft-excel-2016 text-formatting
microsoft-excel-2016 text-formatting
asked Feb 14 at 17:27
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asked Feb 14 at 17:27
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asked Feb 14 at 17:27
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Append an ' (apostrophe) character in front of the string to force Excel to treat it as a string.
You might also have luck if you preformat your cell as text.
answered Feb 14 at 17:34
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Append an ' (apostrophe) character in front of the string to force Excel to treat it as a string.
You might also have luck if you preformat your cell as text.
answered Feb 14 at 17:34
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Append an ' (apostrophe) character in front of the string to force Excel to treat it as a string.
You might also have luck if you preformat your cell as text.
answered Feb 14 at 17:34
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Append an ' (apostrophe) character in front of the string to force Excel to treat it as a string.
You might also have luck if you preformat your cell as text.
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You might also have luck if you preformat your cell as text.
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