Spreadsheet cell format.

How can I enter numbers with leading zeros? Format submenu gives me Number format only. Should there not be a general cell format with an option to insert text?

"This is very helpful. I have a spreadsheet with about 3500-4500 numbers in Column A (ISBNs) that I will have to restore to 10 digit numbers"
Hi Bilynbrook,
Welcome to the discussions and the AppleWorks forum.
Since all of your numbers are currently in the first column of your spreadsheet, you'll probably want to have the 'corrected' ISBNs in a column to the left of the rest of your data.
Click on the header to column B to select the entire column, then press shift -command-I to Insert cells. You'll get a new (empty) column B, and all of the data in the spreadsheet (except the contents of colunn A) will be shifted one column to the right.
If column B is no longer selected, reselect the whole column by clicking its header again. Type one of the formulas below, but don't press enter or return. Instead, press command-D to fill the formula into all the cells Down the column. Then, if you have column title information in the first row (oro more), replace the formula in the title row(s) with the appropriate title information.
Formulas:
1. Use this version if ALL of the ISBNs have already been entered, Delete the formula from any rows below the last row containing data.
2. Use this formula if you will be entering more ISBNs later. Leave the formula in the rows which contain no data as yet—the extra part keeps these cells empty until an ISBN (or other data) is entered into the cell in column A.
=IF(LEN(A1)>0,=RIGHT("0000000000"&A1,10),"")
Once you've entered the formula and filled it down the column (and done the editing mentioned above), it's a good idea to Lock all the cells in that column to prevent accidental changes. You'll still use column A to enter the ISBNs, but you won't want to see it on the page. The easiest way to hide the column A is to select it by clicking on its header, then go Format > Column Width, and set the width to zero. To enter a new number, click on column B in the appropriate row, press the left arrow key once to move to column A, then enter the number.
Regards,
Barry

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