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Excel spreadsheet question: How do I pad numbers in a cell?
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Jun 5, 2006, 06:21 PM
 
Excel keeps truncating numbers. I want 1.30 but it changes it to 1.3. I can't just change it because the cell is the result of calculation from other cells.

Is there a way to pad it 2 numbers to the right of the decimal? I tried using the Styles in the Format menu, but it changes all the cells. I just want that one cell padded 2 spots so "1.3" shows up as "1.30"
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Jun 5, 2006, 06:33 PM
 
Click on the cell, Format->Cell, choose number and it will default to 2 digits.
     
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Jun 5, 2006, 06:43 PM
 
Or you can simply click the decimal place buttons to increase or decrease in the number section of the formatting palette
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Jun 5, 2006, 08:10 PM
 
You should take Kenneth Lay's new course, "How to pad Excel numbers."

Oh, sorry. Not what you meant.
     
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Jun 6, 2006, 03:38 PM
 
Try setting the custom formatting to "0.#0" (no quotes of course). That will display the trailing 0 for you.
     
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Jun 6, 2006, 04:42 PM
 
I didn't notice the Decimal button. That seems to be working. As for changing the Format, it changes all the cells when I do that, not just that one.

Maybe it's a bug or something in Excel 2003.
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