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On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 17:16:17 +0200, "David \(Normandy\)"
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"Frank Booth Snr" wrote in message
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®óñ© © ²°¹°-°³ wrote:

On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 09:24:00 +0100, "'Mike'" wrote
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I wish to put numbers in a cell which commence with a '0'. For example
067
but when I go to the next cell, the number reverts to just 67.

I can get over it by putting an 'O' (capital o), but this then does not
Data Sort properly.

Can anyone help please?


'067 will show as 067.

It will however be text, not a number.

As the guy said you simply type a single apostrophe before the number
you
wish to format as text. Eg '456.88. No need to bother with format menus.

Strongly disagree. The problems with just using a single apostrophe to
force
numbers to be text occur when you try to sort the column. Things end up in
the wrong place as you are mixing numbers and text. It can also lead to
computational errors depending on how complex the spreadsheet is.

So don't try to use numbers and text in the same column.

If Mike wants to sort a text column, he inputs a text column and
nothing else. And he keeps numbers in a separate column.

What's the problem?


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®óñ© © ²°¹°-°³

I think you've missed the point. It looks like Mike wants to insert text
that look like numbers, for example telephone numbers. They all go into the
one column. However telephone numbers aren't 'numbers' they are text, so
either the column should be formatted as such or he would need to put a
single apostrophe before every single entry to keep them consistent. Mixing
numbers and text in the same column is a bad idea.

David.