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Find and Custom Formatting in Excel
Why is it when I have custom formatted a column in excel 2010 to be '00###' I cannot find 01003. I do understand that in this case, the original cell was 1003, but under this formatting, Excel nicely matched the total number of # signs (instead of forcing two xeros in the front).
Hope this made sense.
Thank you.
Hope this made sense.
Thank you.
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The definition of 0 and # in excel's help file:
Format Symbol Description/result
--------------------------
0 Digit placeholder. For example, if you type 8.9 and
you want it to display as 8.90, then use the
format #.00
# Digit placeholder. Follows the same rules as the 0
symbol except Excel does not display extra zeros
when the number you type has fewer digits on either
side of the decimal than there are # symbols in the
format. For example, if the custom format is #.## and
you type 8.9 in the cell, the number 8.9 is
displayed.
Regards,
Curt
Format Symbol Description/result
--------------------------
0 Digit placeholder. For example, if you type 8.9 and
you want it to display as 8.90, then use the
format #.00
# Digit placeholder. Follows the same rules as the 0
symbol except Excel does not display extra zeros
when the number you type has fewer digits on either
side of the decimal than there are # symbols in the
format. For example, if the custom format is #.## and
you type 8.9 in the cell, the number 8.9 is
displayed.
Regards,
Curt
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