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. If ...

When you apply Microsoft Excel's percentage number format to a cell already containing a number, it multiplies the value by 100. This can be frustrating, as there's apparently no easy way to stop this ...

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, ...

How to force a consistent phone number format in Microsoft Excel Your email has been sent Combine an Excel custom format with data validation and remove the pressure ...

Excel displays the original number up to 11 digits. When you enter a number that has more than 11 digits, Excel does not display the original value. Instead, it displays the number in the exponential ...

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Some of my reports list Social Security numbers. Since the reports are often viewed by others, I need a convenient but secure way to hide those numbers—such as making only the last four digits visible ...