Adjusting Decimal Place

 On a worksheet:  Select the cells you want to format.  To display more or fewer digits after the decimal point, click Increase Decimal or Decrease Decimal on the Formatting toolbar.  In a built-in number format:  On the Format menu, click Cells, and then click the Number tab.  In the Category list, click Currency, Accounting, Percentage, or Scientific. In the Decimal place box, enter the number of decimal places you want to display.  If you want to change the currency symbol, click the symbol you want to use in the Symbol list.

Applying Cell Borders and Shading

 Adding Borders
 To make your spreadsheet look more presentable you may add visual enhancement to it.  Excel allows adding borders which enable the readers to focus on certain areas.

To add borders, follow the steps below:

1. Select the cell range of cells where you want to add borders. 2. Do any of the following:
To apply the most recently selected border style, click Borders on the Formatting toolbar. To apply a different border style, click the arrow next to Borders , then click a border on the palette.

Using Border Settings

To apply more border settings, click Cells on the Format menu, and then click the Border tab. 1. Click the Line Style you want. 2. Click a button to indicate the border placements.  Removing Borders  On the Formatting toolbar, click the arrow next to Borders, then click NO BORDER on the palette. 

Adding Shadings or Patterns

 Shading a cell means adding patterns to cell to mark important information.

Steps to help you to add shading

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.  Select the cell or range to cells. From the Format menu, choose Cells. Choose the Pattern tab from the dialog box. Choose a color from the color list. Click OK or press Enter. You can also use the Fill Color button on the Formatting or Drawing toolbar.

Using Format Painter

 The Format Painter it copies the format from a selected object or text and applies it to the object or text you click. It is found in the Standard toolbar.  To copy the formatting to more than one item, double-click the Format Painter button, and then click each item you want to format. When you are finished, press ESC or the Format Painter button to turn it off.

Apply or Remove AutoFormats

1. Select the range you want to format or remove the auto format from. 2. On the Format menu, click AutoFormat.
 Do one of the following:  Apply an AutoFormat Click the format you want. If you want to use only selected parts of the AutoFormat, click Options, and then clear the check boxes for the formats you dont want to apply.  Remove an AutoFormat At the bottom of the list, click the format above None.

AutoFormat Dialog Box