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minus-squareblackbirdbiryani@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·18 hours agoCould you import the column in as text to preserve it?
minus-squaredriving_crooner@lemmy.eco.brlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·18 hours agoSure, but sometimes you need to do a pivot table and get transformed, or you while working you accidentally made it a number, or just because excel being excel it import the number as scientific notation, or any other case.
Could you import the column in as text to preserve it?
Sure, but sometimes you need to do a pivot table and get transformed, or you while working you accidentally made it a number, or just because excel being excel it import the number as scientific notation, or any other case.