When you type a seven-or-ten-digit phone number into an Excel cell that uses the phone number format, Excel will automatically change the way the number looks so that it appears as a phone number ...

Combine an Excel custom format with data validation and remove the pressure for input perfection from personnel by letting Excel do the work.

Excel is well known for making personal and business accounting easier. Two tools that allow for this capability are the program's Currency and Accounting number formats, which—alongside many ...

This tutorial will show you how to change the number of Decimal places in Microsoft Excel using any one of these 3 methods.

When you use Excel's Chart Wizard to create a chart, by default the chart takes on the number formats used in the worksheet that includes the charted data. Mary Ann Richardson shows you a way to ...

The default settings for the accounting number format, which is one of 10 formatting choices in Excel, are to include two decimal places in the number entered into the spreadsheet and to display ...

Both the Currency and Accounting number formats in Excel are used to display monetary values, including the symbol for the chosen currency. However, in this article, I'll explain their subtle ...

Excel tables have many benefits that regular spreadsheets lack. The biggest is the option to use data from multiple tables to create queries and reports.