Think about it Stan. In exponent notation, there's only ever a single digit, between 1 and 9, to the left of the decimal point. Therefore the number of decimal places is one less than the number of significant digits. Bill
_____ From: Stan Jakuba [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 17:45 To: Bill Potts Subject: Re: selection of sig. digits on Excel Thanks for the reply. Are you sure you do not means decimal places? That's the only thing my Excel does and moreover it does it for selected cells only. Not automatically for the whole sheet. Please be more specific - spec'y clicks like for a total amateur. Stan
