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JohanSW
Copper Contributor
Apr 12, 2021
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Excel number formatting for Mac

Hello

When setting the cell to add space for thousand: 1 000, it draws a square between the 1 and 000 instendig of an empty space.

UseMacBook Pro late 2013, Catalina 10.15 and Excel for Mac 16.6

I would be happy to know how to get the correct space formatting 🙂

Rgds Johan

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    JohanSW
    Apr 13, 2021
    Just fantastic!! 😅
    I have tried and searched and wondered for so long, but was never even close.
    Thank you for your help and wonderfully detailed instructions 👍👌👏

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    Riny_van_Eekelen
    Platinum Contributor

    JohanSW On a Mac myself. Can't replicate your problem, but when you want a space as the 'thousands-separator', click the Apple logo (top left), System preferences. Then navigate to "Language and Region", "Advanced" and replace whatever grouping separators you have there now, with a space. 

    Now, save your work, and restart Excel.

    • JohanSW's avatar
      JohanSW
      Copper Contributor
      Just fantastic!! 😅
      I have tried and searched and wondered for so long, but was never even close.
      Thank you for your help and wonderfully detailed instructions 👍👌👏

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