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 ...

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 ...

Now, let’s try a custom format and see what happens: Select the data range and press [Ctrl]+1 to display the Format Cells dialog. From the Category list, choose Custom.