think-cell 5.3 – User Guide

– Type 1000 to display integer numbers with no grouping.
– You can add arbitrary prefixes and suffixes, with or
without spacing: $12.345 Mio
– If you want all numbers to be signed, just enter a leading
or trailing plus: +1,234
– Type -USD 1,234 to place the algebraic sign in front
of the currency, type EUR -1.234 to place it in front of
the value.
– Enclose everything including prefix and suffix in
brackets, e.g. (1,234 Mio) to display bracketed
negative values. If only a prefix or suffix is enclosed
then the brackets are taken as literal characters, e.g.
1,234 (metric tons).
– Type –1,234 with a leading en dash to replace all minuses
with en dashes.
think-cell can also use a number format that has been
set in Excel. To use this, first choose the desired number
format in Excel using the Format Cells... dialog and
then select Excel Format from the bottom of think-cell’s
number format control.
In the context of currency, some people use single prime
as a symbol for million and double prime as a symbol
for billion. If you want to use this convention with thinkcell,
start with entering millions into the data sheet or
use the magnitude control to show the values in units of
millions (see Magnitude on the current page). Then, enter
the appropriate format string into the number format
control. If you do not use the single prime in the format
string, the numbers followed by a double prime always
represent billions – even if there are no more numbers
following the double prime.
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Consider the number 3842.23 (or the number
3842230000 combined with a magnitude setting of
×10 6 ).
Number format control Output
1"234'000 3”842’230
1"234'0 3”842’2
1"00 3”84
1" 4”
Magnitude
Values from data sources often have magnitudes
that are not appropriate for data presentation.
In think-cell, you can solve this problem
by altering the magnitude of the labels without
changing the data source.
Here is a simple example: Your Excel table is
filled with seven-digit values (e.g. 3,600,000.00) but
you would prefer to show values in units of millions. Simply
select ×10 6 from the floating toolbar and the labels
will show the appropriately scaled values.
Label content
Most labels have a label content control. Use
the control to choose text fields with which to
fill the label. For example, the segment labels
in the column chart can show absolute values
and/or percentages. (For details about filling in the data
sheet refer to Absolute and relative values on page 27.)
Some labels only have one entry in this dropdown box.
You can use it to restore the label’s text field if it was
deleted.