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Custom Cell Format Examples

This document describes how to use custom numeric and date/time formats in Excel. It provides examples of different custom formats and how they change how numbers, dates, and times appear in cells. Custom formats allow for things like adding thousands separators to numbers, displaying dates in different orders or with text labels, and formatting times with or without AM/PM. In total, there are 12 examples shown that demonstrate various custom format options in Excel.

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Custom Cell Format Examples

This document describes how to use custom numeric and date/time formats in Excel. It provides examples of different custom formats and how they change how numbers, dates, and times appear in cells. Custom formats allow for things like adding thousands separators to numbers, displaying dates in different orders or with text labels, and formatting times with or without AM/PM. In total, there are 12 examples shown that demonstrate various custom format options in Excel.

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Custom Numeric Formats

Example Custom Format Cell Entry Result


1 0,.0 12500 12.5
0,,.0 "million" 12500000 12.5 million
2 #.## .5 .5
3 #,##0;-#,##0;0;"Enter a number" 1234 1,234
#,##0;-#,##0;0;"Enter a number" -1234 -1,234
#,##0;-#,##0;0;"Enter a number" 0 0
#,##0;-#,##0;0;"Enter a number" text Enter a number
4 0¢ 25 25¢
5 #,##0 "Dollars" 1234 1,234 Dollars
6 #.## \M 1 1.44M
7 #,##0.0°F 98.6 98.6°F
8 ;;; 1234
9 "Acct"\# 00-0000;;;"Don't enter dash" 123456 Acct# 12-3456
"Acct"\# 00-0000;;;"Don't enter dash" 12-3456 Don't enter dash
10 #*. 1234 1234.....................
;;;@*. March March...................
11 ;;;*.@ March ...................March
12 +?? ?/?;[Red]-?? /? -12.75 -12 3/4

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Custom Date and Time Formats

Custom Format Cell Entry Result


dddd, mmmm d, yyyy 8/23/2007 Thursday, August 23, 2007
mmmm, yyyy 8/23/2007 August, 2007
dddd 8/23/2007 Thursday
mm.dd.yy 8/23/2007 08.23.07
mmddyy 8/23/2007 082307
yymmdd 8/23/2007 070823
[>8/15/05]"OVERDUE!";mm/dd/yy 8/23/2007 OVERDUE!

hhmm "hours" 3:10 PM 1510 hours


hh"h" mm"m" 3:10 PM 15h 10m
[=.5]"12 Noon";[=0]"12 Midnight";h:mm AM/PM 0 12 Midnight
[=.5]"12 Noon";[=0]"12 Midnight";h:mm AM/PM 12:00 12 Noon
[=.5]"12 Noon";[=0]"12 Midnight";h:mm AM/PM 3:10 PM 3:10 PM

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