XL: Displaying Numbers in Thousands or Financial Format

Last reviewed: March 10, 1997
Article ID: Q61491

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, versions 1.x, 2.x, 3.0, 4.0

SUMMARY

Microsoft Excel can display numbers in a financial format. For example, Excel can format the number "12,500,000" to appear as "12.5", yet still use the number 12,500,000 in any formula calculations.

The Number command from the Format menu uses a comma (",") as a thousands placeholder if the comma has a "#" or "0" before or after it. The proper number formatting for the above example is as follows:

   0.#,,

This would be entered in the Format text box in the Format Number dialog box.

In this example, having two commas represents the figure in millions. Removing or adding commas to the end of the number format scales the number by the appropriate amount of thousands.

Additional query words: 1.0 1.00 1.03 1.04 1.06 1.5 1.50 2.2 2.20
3.0 3.00 4.0 4.00 hundredth thousandth thousanth custom number format

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Last reviewed: March 10, 1997
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