#,#0.0, ensures positive numbers contain thousand separators (where needed) and displays the number to the nearest 0.1 of a thousand. _( is not necessary, strictly speaking, but ensures there is space made for an open bracket, even though there is no such character shown. Note the use of the asterisk followed by a space: this means that the cell width will be ‘padded out’ with spaces so that the dollar sign will be pushed to the very left of the cell and the number formatting will be to the very right. In this case, positive numbers will be formatted blue and be preceded with a $ sign. This format has all four sections, so the first section, $* _(#,#0.0,_0_), specifies the formatting for positive numbers. To d emonstrate, here’s a comprehensive example: The above is not a comprehensive list, but it’s got most of the usual suspects. However, understanding the following soon puts things into perspective: To the uninitiated, coding custom number formats may appear incomprehensible. To ascertain what is contained in each section depends on the total number of sections used, viz. These aspects are referred to as sections and are separated by a semi-colon ( ).
The ‘Type’ input box allows up to four aspects of formatting to be specified in a cell. Excel allows between 200 and 250 custom number formats in a particular workbook, depending upon the language version of the product that has been installed. Selecting the ‘Custom’ category in the Number tab of the Formal Cells dialog box activates the ‘Type:’ input box, where a new format can be defined. For example, typing ‘3 3/4’ into a cell will result in Excel selecting a mixed format.īut what do you do if you can’t find an appropriate format? The default format is ‘General’ where Excel will endeavour to provide the most appropriate format for the contents. For example, if cells A1 and B1 had the number ‘1.4’ typed in but were formatted to zero decimal places, then if cell C1 = A1 + B1, you would truly have 1 + 1 = 3 (well, 1.4 + 1.4 = 2.8 anyway).Įxcel has many built-in number formats that are relatively easy to understand, e.g. Cells may be individually formatted in many, many ways:įormatting only changes the appearance, not the underlying value, of a cell. Given that one of the primary purposes of a spreadsheet is to present numerical data, it is important how such information is presented.
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