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cf2001

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Apr 3, 2001
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I'm trying to download a dataset from access into a comma or text-delimited file into excel. I also need to preserve the leading zero number for a particular field. somehow, when downloaded and opened in excel it strips the leading zero.
 
In order for Excel to not remove the leading 0, it needs to read the field as something other than a number. If you append a string to the beginning or end like a No Break Space(ie " 00123"), then Excel will read the field as a string instead of a number. - tleish
 
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