I believe OP wanted it converted to the "real" 0.000124

Formatting does not convert, just changes appearance.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 18:57:00 +0200, "b&s" <bs@real.address.missing> wrote:

>> "Heidi" wrote:
>>
>> I need to enter a lot of numbers that look like "0.000124". There
>> are always 3 leading zeros after the decimal.
>>
>> I'd LIKE to just ENTER "124" and have excel convert it to the "real"
>> number automatically (sort of like if you enter 40 in a % formatted
>> column, it automatically converts it to 0.40).
>>
>> Do I have to use a formula, or is there a custom format that would
>> work? Thanks!
>
>... try custom format: "0.000"#