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CELL AND NUMBER FORMATTING IN

MS EXCEL

Excel provides various number formats, such as General, Number, Currency, Accounting, Date, Time,
Percentage, Fraction, Scientific, Text, and Special.

•To format a cell, you can right-click and select "Format Cells", or
use the keyboard shortcut CTRL + 1. This will open the "Format
Cells" dialog box.

•In the "Format Cells" dialog box, you can select the desired
category and specify the format in the "Type" field.

•Custom number formatting allows you to format numbers


according to your specific requirements. The syntax for custom
number formatting is: ‘Positive;Negative;Zero;Text’.

•You can add color to the format by putting [color] before any of the above inputs.

•For example, to display positive numbers with one decimal place and the $ sign, negative numbers with
one decimal place, red font, and parenthesis, and zero as "-", you can use the following format:
$0.0;[Red]($0.0); "-" ;

•Custom number formatting can also be used to combine letters and numbers in a cell. For example, you
can use the format 0.0x to display a number with an "x" at the end, which can be useful for displaying
ratios or multiples.

•To format a cell as a percentage, you can use the "Percentage" category and specify the number of
decimal places. Excel will automatically multiply the cell value by 100 and display the result
with a percent sign.

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