Depending on what a person is doing in Microsoft Excel, there may come a time when they have to work with decimal places. If this is indeed the case, then one must learn how to change the number of ...

If you want to add decimal points in Excel cells automatically, here is how you can do that. Although you can use the in-built options to enable this setting, you can also use the Registry Editor and ...

When you use the RAND function on a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, by default the random number will be nine or ten digits long, extending well past the decimal point. The RAND function does not allow ...

Using Excel's number format tool means you can ensure your spreadsheet both looks the part and handles your data exactly how you want it to. In this article, I'll explain what each number format is, ...

The accounting format in Microsoft Excel 2010 is very similar to the currency format---both display the currency symbol next to every number. But the accounting format has a few differences that make ...

Q. Thanks for your advice in the September 2001 issue on converting fractions in Excel into decimal values. But how about those of us who need to do the reverse—that is, convert decimal values into ...