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rscottbirdsall
Mar 23, 2023Copper Contributor
formatting cells
I just bought a new personal laptop and a copy of Office 2021. I'm running Windows 11. I've used Excel for years, but suddenly now I can get the formatting function to work. It doesn't seem to mat...
mathetes
Mar 23, 2023Gold Contributor
A few further questions here to help diagnose:
- Have you tried other formatting options for the numbers -- dates, percentages, fractions, etc -- and if so do those also not work?
- Are you going in to the Format feature via the Home Tool Bar or the Format menu at the top?
- Have you tried re-booting?
- What else have you tried?
Is there some little trick I'm missing? Did the last software update make this work differently?
I'm on a Mac, so can't speak specifically to your Windows situation, but so far as I know, what you're experiencing has not been reported by others.