How to Format Excel in Millions

by C. Taylor, studioD

If you are unaware of Microsoft Excel's "Format Cells" option, then you will
discover it offers a wealth of formatting possibilities. Aside from the many
built-in number formats, Excel allows you to create custom formats, such as
rounding numbers and adding units. If you wish to format numbers using
only millions, a custom format will round the numbers up to the nearest
million and chop off the thousands and hundreds digits. Add millions as a
unit to ensure you don't confuse the format with regular numbers.
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How to Increase the Amount of Digits Open your spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel.
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How to Use Exponents on Excel Click and drag your mouse cursor over the cells you wish to format.
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Right-click any selected cell and click "Format Cells." Alternatively, hold the
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Thousands
Step 4
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Click "Custom" from the right pane of the Numbers tab.
Step 5
Type "0,," in the "Type" field without quotation marks. If you wish to add
"millions" as a unit in the cells, enter the following code in the "Type" field: 0,, "million"
Step 6
Click "OK" to format the cells as millions. As an example, the first code will display the number "12345678" as "12." The second
code will display "12 million."
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About the Author
C. Taylor embarked on a professional writing career in 2009 and frequently writes about technology, science, business, finance,
martial arts and the great outdoors. He writes for both online and offline publications, including the Journal of Asian Martial
Arts, Samsung, Radio Shack, Motley Fool, Chron, Synonym and more. He received a Master of Science degree in wildlife biology
from Clemson University and a Bachelor of Arts in biological sciences at College of Charleston. He also holds minors in
statistics, physics and visual arts.
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