The Accounting number format in Excel's Format Cell dialog box, with the different options for this number format highlighted. A table of data in Excel containing values formatted with the ...

C3 is empty, so there’s nothing for Excel to do yet, but we know that if the input value is 10 numeric digits, that the format will display the value as expected. The next step is to add data ...

Finally, it’s time to create the conditional format rule that fills alternating groups in the Excel Table: Select the data, B3:F13. (Don’t include the column of consecutive values in column H.) ...