BIG numbers

[Rockbear]

Hi

I have a column H that has large numbers 11 515 100, 74 500 988, 79 560 533
etc
Is there a way to format the numbers in 1000?

11 515 100 in thousand it will be 11 515
74 500 988 in thousand it will be 74 501
79 560 533 in thousand it will be 79 561

Just format. the numbers, no formula

 

[Mike H]

How about a custom format of

#,##0,_)

Mike

 

[Rockbear]

Hi Mike
Did not work
Marked the numbers, format cells, custom format and wrote the #,##0,_) but
this did not make the numbers in thousand

 

[Mike H]

Hi,

Format a completely empty cell with the format I gave you and then enter
123456789 in that cell and it should display as 123,457.

If that works and it doesn't work on your numbers then your numbers are
probably text. To convert then to numbers use this formula

=SUBSTITUTE(A15," ","")

Copy the numbers and paste them back over themselves using paste special -
values. Finally put a 1 in a cell and copy that. Select these newly created
numbers and then Edit|Paste special - Multiply OK

Apply the format and you should get the desired result.

Mike

 

[David Biddulph]

You've probably entered the "numbers" as text, rather than as numbers. If
you are putting spaces in the numbers and these are not what your Windows
Regional Options recognise as the thousands separator, then Excel is liable
to treat them as text. If you change your Windows Regional Options to match
the format you are using for your input, then Data/ Text to Columns will
allow you to translate the text into numbers. Alternatively you could use a
formula such as
=--SUBSTITUTE(A1," ","")

As far as formatting the cells, once they are recognised as numbers, Mike's
format had a comma as a thousands separator, so if you want a space use #
##0,_)

 

[Mike H]

David,

Unfortunate linewrap.

# ##0,_)

Mike

You've probably entered the "numbers" as text, rather than as numbers. If
you are putting spaces in the numbers and these are not what your Windows
Regional Options recognise as the thousands separator, then Excel is liable
to treat them as text. If you change your Windows Regional Options to match
the format you are using for your input, then Data/ Text to Columns will
allow you to translate the text into numbers. Alternatively you could use a
formula such as
=--SUBSTITUTE(A1," ","")

As far as formatting the cells, once they are recognised as numbers, Mike's
format had a comma as a thousands separator, so if you want a space use #
##0,_)

 

[David Biddulph]

Agreed.
--
David Biddulph

David,

Unfortunate linewrap.

# ##0,_)

Mike

 

[Rockbear]

AC 0810
Cumul
NOK

197,116,853
-74,281,084

122,835,769

-11,005,577
-10,993,675
0
0
-2,194,051
-333,394
-2,862,694
-1,066,468
-1,990,147
-5,927,555
-690,533
-1,213,536
-281,544
-1,098,468
-168,214
-1,919,818
-3,696,781
-820,149
These are a fewfof the numbers, the , (comma) is separator of the thousend.
The numbers are not text because it is punched in by economic dept.

All I get is a comma in the end of the number

 

[Rockbear]

AC 0810
Cumul
NOK

197,116,853
-74,281,084
122,835,769

-11,005,577
-10,993,675
0
0
-2,194,051
-333,394
-2,862,694
-1,066,468
-1,990,147
-5,927,555
- 690,533
-1,213,536
-281,544
-1,098,468
-168,214
-1,919,818
-3,696,781
-820,149
These are a few of the numbers, the , (comma) is separator of the thousand.
The numbers are not text because it is punched in by economic dept.

All I get is a comma in the end of the number