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April 18th, 2010, 11:13 AM
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Formating a decimal number
Hello
I have a 2003 EXCEL. I want to average two decimal number number like 0.234 and 0.225. It is impossible with the formating protocol. Can any body help me to do this? 
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April 18th, 2010, 11:19 AM
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Formating a decimal number
With a formula =AVERAGE(A1,A2) what happens when you custom format the cell
to 0.000 OR Select 'Number' format and allow 3 decimals.. -- Jacob (MVP - Excel) "JohnJJ" wrote: Hello I have a 2003 EXCEL. I want to average two decimal number number like 0.234 and 0.225. It is impossible with the formating protocol. Can any body help me to do this?
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April 18th, 2010, 11:25 AM
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I think you're going to have to explain the problem in more detail.
With those two numbers in A2 and A3, the formula =AVERAGE(A2:A3) gives the answer 0.2295. It shows it that way with the cell formatted as General. If you want to format as number with 5 decimal places, you can do so, and then see 0.22950. What are you trying to achieve, how did you try to do it, and what result did you get? -- David Biddulph "JohnJJ" JohnJJ @discussions.microsoft.com wrote in message news  Hello I have a 2003 EXCEL. I want to average two decimal number number like 0.234 and 0.225. It is impossible with the formating protocol. Can any body help me to do this?
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April 18th, 2010, 02:57 PM
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"JohnJJ" wrote: Hello I have a 2003 EXCEL. I want to average two decimal number number like 0.234 and 0.225. It is impossible with the formating protocol. Can any body help me to do this? In the format cell I have general with the sample showing DIV/0.I fixed the decimal number with 5 without result . I don't know if I need to regulate some command in my cumputer.
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April 18th, 2010, 03:26 PM
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Formating a decimal number
It sounds as if your "numbers" are not numbers but text.
If you've got one of the "numbers" in A2, what do =ISNUMBER(A2) and =ISTEXT(A2) tell you? You may have spaces or non-breaking spaces along with your "numbers". If you are lucky, you may be able to change the text to numbers by copying a blank cell, then selecting your range of text and using Edit/ Paste Special/ Add. -- David Biddulph "JohnJJ" wrote in message ... "JohnJJ" wrote: Hello I have a 2003 EXCEL. I want to average two decimal number number like 0.234 and 0.225. It is impossible with the formating protocol. Can any body help me to do this? In the format cell I have general with the sample showing DIV/0.I fixed the decimal number with 5 without result . I don't know if I need to regulate some command in my cumputer.
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