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Creating Number and Date Formats
While
Spreadsheet
offers
a wide
variety of standard
number
and date
formats,
you can create
additional
number
and date formats
to suit your needs.
For
example,
if you want
to show
values
with six decimal
places,
you can create
a special
format.
New formats appear at
the end of the list in the
dialog box.
)_ To create a number
or date format:
1. Select
Number
Format
from
the Properties
menu.
A dialog
box appears.
2. Select
a format
on which
you can base the new format.
For example,
if
you want
to create
a format
for displaying
numbers
with six decimal
places,
you might
pick Fixed
and specify
six decimal
places.
3.
Click on Create.
The Define
Format
dialog
box appears.
4.
Fill in the dialog
box, selecting
the options
you want.
Refer to the
examples
in the dialog
box as you make
your selections.
•
Name
of Format.
Enter a name
for the new
format.
• Places.
Enter the number
of decimal places.
•
Offset.
Enter
the number
of offset places.
Negative
numbers
move
the decimal
point
to the left, and positive
numbers
move it to the
right.
• Options.
Select format options from the drop-down list: commas,
percent sign, leading and trailing zeros, and the position of the sign
(+ or -) relative t.o.the leader or trailer. For example, if the sign
foll6ws _e_:iea'der,-Tth-en a negative dollar amount would be
formatted like this: $-100 rather than -$100.
• Fixed/Scientific.
Select either fixed notation or scientific notation.
Leading.
Enter
the numbers
or characters
you want
to appear
in
front
of each value
you enter,
like a prefLX. YOU can specify
a prefix
for Positive,
Negative,
or All Numbers.
For example,
if you enter
DM
in the All box,
every value
using
this format
will begin
with DM; then
if you enter
345, it will appear
as DM345 in the active
cell.
Trailing.
Enter
the numbers
or characters
you want
to appear
at the
end of each
value
you enter,
like a suffix. For example,
if you enter
DM in the All box, DM will appear
at the end
of every
value
using
this format;
then
if you enter 345, it will appear
as 345DM in the
active
cell.
5. Click on OK. The new fomru, t is saved with the spreadsheet.
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