Microsoft Excel 2021365 - Beginner to Advanced - Applying Number Formats

This video tutorial explains the concept of number formatting in spreadsheets, covering general, currency, accounting, and percentage formats. It demonstrates how to apply and customize these formats, emphasizing that formatting changes the display, not the underlying value. The tutorial also addresses common issues with percentage formatting and introduces additional formatting options, including custom formats.

Describe how to use the increase and decrease decimal buttons in number formatting.

How does the formula bar display the actual value of a cell with number formatting applied?

What should you do if you want to apply percentage formatting to numbers written as whole numbers?

What are some other number formats available in a spreadsheet aside from currency and percentage?