It's easy to change the date format in Microsoft Excel. You just need to use the "Date" drop-down menu, which gives you ...

The accounting format in Microsoft Excel 2010 is very similar to the currency format---both display the currency symbol next to every number. But the accounting format has a few differences that make ...

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 ...

If you want to use a date format according to how another language displays dates, choose the language in Locale (location).

Both the Currency and Accounting number formats in Excel are used to display monetary values, including the symbol for the chosen currency. However, in this article, I'll explain their subtle ...

To create data bars in Excel, select your cells and then choose data bars from Conditional Formatting.

Applying direct formatting to spilled arrays in Excel could cause issues if the data changes shape or size. Formula-based conditional formatting rules allow for automatic formatting adjustments when ...

Susan Harkins shows you how to format and unlock input cells in Excel at the same time by assigning a modified style. It’s common to highlight input cells so users know which values to change, and ...

Follow the steps below to change the color of the ActiveX Control buttons in Microsoft Excel, Word or PowerPoint. We are using Word as an example, but the procedure is identical.: Launch Microsoft ...

Q. I read your August 2022 JofA article about changing the case of text in Excel to upper, lower, and proper, but some of my data comes in sentence form. Is there any way to convert those text strings ...