I will try again to identify them as text but when I tried that it still dropped the trailing 0 I needed. Yes, some of these are ICD-9 codes for diagnoses so the additional digits after the decimal including 0 is essential.

I appreciate all the responses and will try again. Thanks for your help!!...

Actually what I need is a 0 following the decimal point. Some codes are 236.30 others are 236.3 but they mean different things. So, I need the option to have the 0 showing if I type it in. Does that clarify things??? Thanks, Robin...

This is so basic and I am so uneducated in Access, but I have a program and I am trying to type in a number that may have one, two or three digits after the decimal point. I changed it from a number field to a text field thinking that would help, but it doesn't. I can't have it fill in with 0s because that changes my diagnosis code if you have additional numbers that are not really there. Can someone help with very simple instructions. I know it's...