Don't format the Excel column as text...format it as Custom, then make the custom format 00000 333 would be changed to 00333 14 would be 00014 1026 would be 01026 Linda Publisher ~ ABC ~ All 'Bout Computers Owner ~ Linda's Computer Stop http://personal-computer-tutor.com FREE MS Office eBook Tutorial http://personal-computer-tutor.com/library.htm -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Karen Willingham Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 9:38 AM To: 'mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' Subject: [mso] Access to Excel I need to send a report to someone in excel. I see one problem with it. One of the fields is set to text, with 5 numbers ex 14317, 06904, 00128. Some of our code numbers start with zero "0" as part of the number. I need the zero's to show up on the excel worksheet. How can this be done? Thanks Karen ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************