I am creating a spreadsheet and it includes a colums for telephone numbers. This number is a 16 digit number. It needs to be all numbers, no spacing and no dashes or brackets. Problem is when I input the number in the cell excel changes the number on me. Example:

I type in 9011862131581869 and when I press enter it shows in the cell as 9011862131581860. Seems like it lowers it down to the lowest 10 dinominator.

In case you were think that number is too long for a telephone number. I need to have the exact number in order to import into another system. The string includes the Dial 9 and 011 access codes for a phone system.

Can anyone help? I have tried all the formating, I think.

I am running Excel 2003 (Office 2003)

Thanks