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Excel number formats
Hi all,
When I divide a value (e.g 5.139) /2 it gives me the correct answer but in the format of 2570 instead of 2.5. Any fixes?
You can do the following:
Enter 1000 in an empty cell.
Copy this cell (Ctrl+C).
If you want to multiply some cells with 1000, select those cells.
Right-click in the selection and select Paste Special... from the context menu.
Under Operation, select Multiply, then click OK.
Or if you want to divide some cells by 1000, select those cells.
Right-click in the selection and select Paste Special... from the context menu.
Under Operation, select Divide, then click OK.
You can then clear the cell in which you entered 1000.
Do you perhaps use comma as decimal separator? If so, Excel interprets the . in 5.139 as the thousands separator.
Thanks for your reply Hans. The file did use the comma as the separator originally but i rectified this by changing the ',' to '.' in the options, advanced section. I thought that perhaps this would solve my issue but it hasn't so far.
What happens if you recalculate the formula, for example by pressing F2 in its cell, then pressing Enter?
