Comments on: Stop Excel Using Scientific Notation on Numbers

By: James

James — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 09:38:07 +0000

Thanks bryan. I did say in the article that this had to be done “once you’ve imported the data as text” but I’ll make that bold.

If you don’t import the data as text first, (for example, using the method you mentioned), then it won’t help converting the scientific notation to text, because Excel will change the last few numbers to “0″.

No idea why…

By: bryan

bryan — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 21:36:52 +0000

If it is a .csv file, rename it to .txt, then import it into excel. There is a section in the import procedures where you can select the fields and import them as TEXT instead of GENERAL format.

By: Z.G.

Z.G. — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:16:26 +0000

I’m soooo glad you posted this great tip!!! I crown you geek of all geeks (I hope that’s considered a super honor)

By: James

James — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:09:25 +0000

I’m glad you liked it…

By: Claire

Claire — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:07:34 +0000

Thats very useful thanks..

By: James

James — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:30:41 +0000

I’m really glad I could help you as well.

By: Cosmo

Cosmo — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:12:59 +0000

hey, Thanks a million. I work with UPC and ICPNs often and it is always an issue. Sometimes I hate excel – other times it is a life saver. There are times when I’ve double-clicked hundreds of rows to remove the exponential notation. You have saved me HOURS of time. CCC

By: james

james — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 11:02:26 +0000

Hi Marcia.
Any chance you could forward me the macro and some sample data?
I’d just like to see:
- Where the value is you’re setting it to (entered? from another cell?)
- What values you’re trying to set
- How the macro is setting it.

I’d love to help

By: Marcia

Marcia — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 06:24:29 +0000

Thank you that was really helpful! Question: I created a macro(find and replace tens of data) to replace a certain value for something like this 427,161,116,214,215,429
Instead Excel transforms that into this: 4.27161E+17
When I apply your “UPPER” tip it becomes this: 427161116214215000
The comma separators are gone! As well as changing the last three digits of my array to zeros!
Do you have a tip to help me with that?