The Sample area of the Number tab in Excel's Format Cells dialog box. In this example, it shows how the percentage format will affect the data's appearance.

To show numbers in thousands or millions in Excel, you can use these two formatting conditions: #0,”K” and #0,,”M”. To apply them, select the cell, right-click on it, and select the Format ...

How to Ungroup Tabs in Excel. Business managers and owners group worksheets in Excel so that changes made to one worksheet apply automatically to all connected worksheets. When you group ...

Method 1, On the Home tab, click the Number Format button and select the Fraction option. If you want to change the fraction format, click More Number formats to display the Format cells dialog box.

Hold down the Ctrl key, then click the Totals tab, Totals (2) tab, Totals (3), and Totals (4) tabs. 10. Click Move to End again and check the box that says Create a Copy again.

Excel controls the number of lines in such a block using the line-feed character, "CHAR(10)." Visual Basic for Applications, also called VBA, can count line numbers by counting the number of line ...

Choose Text under the Numbers tab of Excel's Format Cells dialog to prevent the program from converting two date-like numbers to a date and month. Screenshot by Dennis O'Reilly/CNET.

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.

So the serial number 1 in Windows Excel equals 1/1/1900, 12:00 am, while in Mac Excel it’s 1/2/1904, 12:00 am. Seems like Microsoft should have fixed this by now, but it’s still a problem.