Microsoft Office Excel can be configured to display a number with the default currency symbol. In addition to the options for currency symbols, the format has options for the number of decimal places ...

Open an Excel spreadsheet and select the range of cells into which you'd like to add large numbers. Right-click one of the cells and click "Format Cells" to open the Format Cells dialog window.

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, ...

In my post on table formatting, I demonstrated how to transform your static data into a simple yet sexy database in a matter of seconds. If you don’t know how to use table formatting, go read that ...

If your Excel cell or row contains two or more values, you can split that data across multiple cells. For Excel to divide the values, however, the cell must contain a delimiter, a character that ...

Numbers ‘08, the new spreadsheet application in iWork ‘08, brings some powerful new tools to the table. As noted in my Numbers review, the ability to place multiple grids anywhere on a page, and mix ...

Combine an Excel custom format with data validation and remove the pressure for input perfection from personnel by letting Excel do the work.