[mso] Re: Excel 2007 - Easily Format Cell as Text
- From: Abed <azantout2001@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:51:20 -0700 (PDT)
Hi Christine,
There is another way hopefully shorter but it takes some set
up. You would be adding an icon in the
upper left-hand corner of the Excel screen near the Save and Undo icons etc..
Try this:
Click on the Office Logo
Click on Excel Options at the bottom of the menu
Click on Customize in the left-hand column.
Click no the drop down arrow next to the box that says
Popular Commands.
Select All Commands
Scroll down the long list of commands ( it is alphabetical)
and find the Number Format command.
Click on that then click on the Add button in the middle of
the window
Click on OK at the bottom of the window
Notice that an icon of a command â??Generalâ?? is added to the
top of the screen.
Now if you have a cell with numbers in it formatted as
Currency for example, all you have to do is select that cell and click on the
new icon and the number then click on Text from the drop down list.
Hope this helps.
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Best Regards,
Abed
--- On Sun, 4/24/11, Christine <blue3123@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Christine <blue3123@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [mso] Excel 2007 - Easily Format Cell as Text
To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sunday, April 24, 2011, 10:35 AM
Greetings,
I work a lot with data that is all numbers but has to be formatted as text
due to the leading zeros. Is there an easy way to format the cells as text?
Going to the Home tab (assuming I'm not there) and clicking on the drop down
arrow then scrolling down to text takes more mouse clicks than I'd like. I
know I can use the keyboard shortcuts but what I was hoping to be able to do
is put button the Quick Launch Bar, but that doesn't seem to be an option.
And another question - The comma format button defaults to 2 decimals.
Anyway to change that to 0 decimals? I also work with a lot of data that
needs to be formatted with a comma but without decimal points.
Thanks, any suggestions would be appreciated.
Christine
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