Setting Cell Type in Excel Tutorial

Formatting Cell

The Microsoft Excel can hold data of different types like currency, numbers, date, etc. Setting the cell type can be done in a number of ways and they are mentioned as below:-

  • The user needs to right click on the cell>>Format cells>>Number
  • The user requires clicking on the Ribbon from the ribbon

Various Cell formats

The following are the different Excel cell formats that that is available.

  • General:it is default formatting of the Cell.
  • Number:The value displays cell as a number with a separator
  • Currency:It displays cell as currency (with a currency sign).
  • Accounting:It is very similar to Currency and is used for the purpose of accounting.
  • Date:Different date formats are available. The excel user can write date as 17-04-2016 or 17th April, 2016, etc.
  • Time:Different time formats are available. The user can write time as 7:00PM, 19:00.
  • Percentage :The percentage is displayed with decimal places like 50.00%
  • Fraction :It helps the user to display cell as fraction similar to 1/4 ,1/2 etc
  • Scientific :Displaying cell exponentially like 5.6E+01
  • Text:This allows user to display cell as normal text.
  • Special : Used forspecial formatting of cell like Zip code, Phone Number
  • Custom:This is used for custom formatting of cells.

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