When you enter a "number" string with leading zeros in a cell that's
formatted for a number, or general, Excel just deletes the leading zeros and
converts the remaining digits to a number. If you want to retain the
leading zeros in a string, either pre-format the cell for TEXT, or type an
apostrophe before entering the string.
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