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Hello,

I'm trying to add exact percentages like 99.54%, 84.23% in six cells then calculate the average. I've tried =AVERAGE(A1:B1:C1) but it only gave a rounded amount, I need the exact 4 digit percent. Please help. Thanks!


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All you have to do is go to the format of the cell and change it two 4 decimal position. By default it is 2

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Hi there,

You entered the correct formula,please give example of needed output.link below may be useful to you :

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/text-value-format-text-HP010062580.aspx

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