Using Excel's number format tool means you can ensure your spreadsheet both looks the part and handles your data exactly how you want it to. In this article, I'll explain what each number format ...

Excel is well known for making personal and business accounting easier. Two tools that allow for this capability are the program's Currency and Accounting number formats, which—alongside many ...

If your data set contains values into the trillions or less than a thousand, create new custom formats for those positions and apply them using conditional formatting. Excel can handle them all.

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.