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January 24th in Basic Help by .

Round numbers in excel

Rounding numbers in excel in critical in order to make spreadsheets look professional. I use the following trick on a weekly basis to round to the nearest thousand.

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Rounding numbers in excel in critical in order to make spreadsheets look professional.  I use the following trick on a weekly basis to round to the nearest thousandth place.

  1. Select the cells containing the numbers you want to display as thousands.
  2. Select Format, Cells, and click the Number tab.
  3. In the Category box select Custom
  4. In the Type box enter #,##0,  and click OK

2,452,145  will be displayed as 2,452.   Please note that if you select that cell, the full number will be displayed.

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