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Part VII: Appendixes
If you use the preceding number format, you’ll find that the negative sign appears before the text
for negative values. To display number signs properly, use this variation:
“Average: “0.00;”Average: “-0.00
The following format string displays a value with the words Dollars and Cents. For example, the
number 123.45 displays as 123 Dollars and .45 Cents.
0 “Dollars and” .00 “Cents”
Displaying a zero with dashes
The following number format string displays zero values as a series of dashes:
#,##0.0;-###0.0;------
You can, of course, create lots of variations. For example, you can replace the six hyphens with
any of the following:
-0-
~~
“”
“[NULL]”
When using angle brackets or square brackets, you must place them within quotation
marks.
Formatting numbers using the TEXT function
Excel’s TEXT function accepts a number format string as its second argument. For example, the
following formula displays the contents of cell A1 using a custom number format that displays a
fraction:
=TEXT(A1,”# ??/50”)
However, not all formatting codes work when used in this manner. For example, colors and repeating
characters are ignored. The following formula does not display the contents of cell A1 in red:
=TEXT(A1,”[Red]General”)