Normally the decimal feature can decrease the decimal places in cells but the actual values showing in formula bar don t change at all.
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There are a few different ways to change the number of decimals displayed in excel.
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Here s a look at each of these methods.
Truncate to a set number of decimal places.
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To show your numbers in thousands highlight them right click and select format cells.
After the format cells dialog.
Actually the decrease decimal feature just changes a number s display value for example show 2 5 as 3 but the actual value still is 2 5 showing in the formula bar.
However in windows you can use these ribbon shortcuts.
The int function only chops off decimals from positive numbers.
Sometimes you need to remove all digits after decimal to make numbers to whole numbers.
The int integer function rounds a number down to the nearest integer negative numbers become more negative.
Round off decimal values using the round function.
On the home tab click increase decimal or decrease decimal to show more or fewer digits after the decimal point.
This example illustrates two functions to chop off decimals in excel.
To increase decimal places use alt h 0 to decrease decimal places by one place use alt h 9.
You may think the decrease decimal feature can deal with it.
This example covers the steps used to enter the trunc function into cell b4 in the image above to truncate the mathematical value of pi in cell a4 to two decimal places.
Options for entering the function include manually typing in the entire function trunc a4 2 or using the function s dialog box as outlined below.
So for example if you were rounding down to two decimal places 8 532 would become 8 53.
On the home tab in the number group click the arrow next to the list of number formats and then click more number formats.
By applying a built in number format.
You can also use format cells to set the number of decimal places exactly.
Using the increase decimal and decrease decimal buttons applying a built in number format or setting a default decimal places number for all your spreadsheets.
If the next digit to the right is between zero and four it rounds down.
In microsoft excel you can improve the readability of your dashboards and reports by formatting your revenue numbers to appear in thousands.