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by iainbuchanan 1 view

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When trying to format cells in Excel 2003 the command seems to be ignored ie, when changed to General it drops the starting 0 in number strings, like it should in Number format. Am I missing something because it is phasing me with regards to the general reliability.

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by iainbuchanan

This is in the wrong section go to post in questions if you know the answer see my posting in questions.

by ang122082

I had the same problem. There is a program called advanced formatting for excel. It works great. You can format any cell the way you like and It wont give you any problems.

by deepsand

Suggest that you try the "Questions" forum.
The "Discussion" forum is for matters of general discussion, not specific problems in search of a solution.

Post problems such as this to the "Question" forum, rather than the "Discussion" forum. There are those who specifically seek out problems in need of a solution, and that's where they go to look for such.

Additionally there are the benefits that:

1) The "Questions" forum provides for your feedback, by way of your being able to mark "helpful" responses as such. This does not necessarily mean that a given response contained the complete solution to your problem, but only that it served to guide you toward it. This is intended to serve as an aid to those who may in the future have a problem similar to yours, so that they might have a ready source of reference available, thereby perhaps obviating the need for them to repeat questions previously asked and answered.

2) The revised TR makes it quite difficult to find both "Discussions" and "Questions" that have not had a fairly recent post, owing to some functions comingling them in the listings. By keeping each type in their respective forums, it is easier for all to find what they are looking for.

by iainbuchanan

I am aware of all this. It was done in error. My second posting was supposed to correct this as I was unable to delete the origional, however the message has been truncated after several attempts to post it.

I did post the message in questions after this.

by deepsand

[b]After[/b] having re-posted you question to the Questions forum, edit the original post here to advise readers of the fact that you question has been moved, and include a direct link to its new URL.

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