There's an easy way to convert currencies in Microsoft Excel. Use the data types feature.

Did you know you can use Excel to convert currencies? It turns out there's an easy way to convert currencies inside your workbook. Use the data types menu and choose currencies.

Warnings Excel will only produce binary numbers with up to 10 bits. This means that it can only convert decimal numbers greater than -513 and less than 512.

Microsoft Excel depends on data that’s stored correctly. If you receive text values that should be real numbers, use one of these methods to get you back to the real work.