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 users wanting to display numbers as monetary values, must first format those numbers as currency. To do this, apply either the Currency or Accounting number format to the cells that you want ...

Excel: Many often-used number formatting options are visible in the Home ribbon. You can also use the Format > Cells menu, then click Number in the dialog box that appears.

These newbie mistakes are uncalled for because Excel placed several number formatting options front and center in the Number section of the Home tab: Click for larger image.

You can set up conditional formatting in Excel for dates. We have included detailed examples you can try while reading the guide.

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 ...

Microsoft Excel 2007's conditional formatting feature allows you to format cells based on certain criteria. As an example, you might want the row color to change based upon a credit or debit on a ...

While Excel's auto-formatting feature helps tidy up your data, it can also unintentionally alter your intended formatting. If you're annoyed with Excel constantly changing your numbers to ...

However, if you paste a differently formatted date, Excel accepts the source formatting. To further complicate the situation, Excel changes the format of the target cell to that of the pasted value!