20 digit wont stop ending in zeros

I am trying to enter a 20 digit number into one cell but it keeps turning the last 5 numbers to zeros. I have tried text, number, currency, custom. Is there some trick that I should know excel just hate me?

Thanks for any help,
Joe

Excel only keeps track of 15 significant digits.

If you want to treat the number as text, then pre-format the cell as Text or
start your entry with an apostrophe:

'12341234123412341234



bumble78 wrote:
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> I am trying to enter a 20 digit number into one cell but it keeps
> turning the last 5 numbers to zeros. I have tried text, number,
> currency, custom. Is there some trick that I should know excel just
> hate me?
>
> Thanks for any help,
> Joe
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Thanks, the apostroy thing worked, the formating as text did not. Thanks for your help.


Joe

Remember you have to pre-format the cell as Text.

Format the cell as text first, then type your long string of numbers.

(It's never failed for me.)

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> Thanks, the apostroy thing worked, the formating as text did not.
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Joe
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