Custom number formats
Write your own number format codes to add units, show thousands as K and set decimal places, while the numbers stay numbers.
In this lesson
0always shows a digit,#only when needed;#,##0adds thousands commas;.00sets two decimal places.- A comma at the end divides the display by 1,000:
$#,##0,"K"shows 1,284,362.75 as $1,284K. - Text in double quotes shows as typed:
#,##0 "units".%shows the number times 100:0.0%.
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- Number formats: currency, percent, decimals10 min
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- Alternating row colors10 min
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Delete repeated rows from a merged list, and choose which columns decide what counts as a duplicate.
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