Number formats in Microsoft Excel define how data is displayed in your spreadsheet without changing the underlying values. As well as using number formats to present data as dates, times, percentages, ...

In a previous tip I showed you how to create numbers with leading zeros by typing either an apostrophe in front of the leading zero or a space somewhere in the number. But what if you require the ...

Have you ever opened a spreadsheet and felt overwhelmed by a sea of unformatted numbers, struggling to make sense of the data? Whether it’s a financial report, survey results, or a project timeline, ...

When you type a seven-or-ten-digit phone number into an Excel cell that uses the phone number format, Excel will automatically change the way the number looks so that it appears as a phone number. If ...

When you use Microsoft Excel to analyze your company's data, you want to spot trends, successes and problems at a glance. Before you dive into an in-depth examination of specific sales results, ...

Want to know how to change date format in Excel? We’ve got you covered. In the Excel control panel, there is a default date setting that is triggered anytime data is input to a cell in the format of ...