Learn how to highlight cells with negative values in Excel. Make negative numbers stand out in Red using Conditional or Custom Formatting.

If the Excel cell format is not changing to a number because the Number formatting is not working, take these steps to fix the issue.

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.

Combine an Excel custom format with data validation and remove the pressure for input perfection from personnel by letting Excel do the work.

Center and Left-Aligning Numbers When you enter text into a cell in Microsoft Excel, it aligns to the left, and when you enter a numerical value, it aligns to the right.

Open the Excel 2010 file that you want to make format changes to. Select the top-left cell in the range of cells that you want to change to the accounting format.

The strikethrough is a classic formatting style that resembles crossed out text, so it stands to reason that you should be able to strike through text and numbers in Excel. And you can, though ...

You may have used Excel for years without delving into Styles (or stylesheets). We’re going to cover Cell Styles, and Smart Art, Drawing, Graphics, Picture, and Chart Tools.