Why do I see a strange format of some of my bank account numbers in Excel export file?

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Why do I see a strange format of some of my bank account numbers in Excel export file?

For bank account numbers longer than 11 digits e.g. 9130000412043 in the bank column, AFTER you have exported to excel you might see something like "9.1E+12". This is Scientific Notation for large numbers and is quite normal. Leave it as is. The banks will read the numbers correctly when you send them the excel or csv file. If you select the exact cell where you see a Scientific Notation number and look at the top of your spreadsheet in the actual cell reference you will see the proper number of 9130000412043(for our example). Do not change this. This is correct. The bank will read the numbers properly.

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