ms-excel-numbers.txt

`Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 23:02:41 +0100  
>From: "Tom Rowe" <[email protected]>  
Subject: Excel bug  
  
I imagine this has been discussed some, but in case it hasn't.  
If you enter a number, say 123456789999 in Excel and save the file as  
comma delimited (csv I think MS uses) it will be saved as 1.234567E+11.  
Quite a few programs can't import this properly, including Word.  
But what's worse, bringing it back into Excel gives you 123456700000.  
I think the risks are fairly obvious.  
I wonder if the large bank I work for (which has standardized on  
Excel) knows about it.  
When opening an account I guess not only do I need to ask banks the  
interest rates, fees etc, but also what software they use. Sheesh.  
  
Tom Rowe, Atlanta, GA  
  
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