RE:
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In Excel, the *VALUE* of the cell remains 9123456789012, even though it

would display as 9.234E12. If you need it to display as 9123456789012,
it's up to *YOU* to format it as Number with zero decimal places or (a
better idea) as Text.
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The reason i hate excel so much

is because i dont EVER want a difference between what i 'see' and what
is actually stored.

I want to be able to turn off that functionality
i mean-- i can in Access; i can in SQL

wtf is excel unable to do simple things like this?

-aaron