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Problem with Excel
When I enter a 16 digit number, with the trailing decimal point set to zero, the 16th digit automatically changes to a zero regardless of the last number entered. This is what I mean: enter: xxxxxx...
Hello,
Excel can only store up to 15 significant digits in a number. Anything beyond that will be turned into zeros. Do you really need this as a number? I don't even know the word for a number that large, and if you have such large numbers, surely the singles at the end are fairly insignificant, given the magnitude.
If, however, these numbers are not used in any calculations, you can simply precede them with a single quote, then Excel treats them as text and you can have a lot more that 15 digits.
123,456,789,012,345
That's by design, only 15 digits are supported. If you need more use texts instead of numbers.