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Excel concept

Number formats and custom formats

Formats change how a value displays, not what it is. Custom codes handle thousands, decimals, percent, dates, and conditional colors.

Very commonDifficulty 1000 · Capable

In practice: Ctrl + 1, Number, Custom. Sections are positive;negative;zero;text.

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