Excel Number Formats Explained: Fix Dates, Percentages & Currency

Are your Excel dates, percentages or currency values displaying incorrectly? Learn how to format numbers in Excel so your spreadsheets are easier to read and understand.

In this beginner-friendly Excel tutorial, we'll show you how number formats work, why Excel sometimes displays unexpected values, and how to fix common formatting mistakes.

What you'll learn:
- How Excel number formats work
- How to format dates correctly
- How to use the fill handle to continue dates
- Why 8% can accidentally become 800%
- How to format currency and adjust decimal places
- The difference between a cell's actual value and how it's displayed

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00:00 Introduction to Excel number formats
00:30 Understanding number formats
00:41 How Excel recognizes dates
01:25 Changing to a long date format
01:51 Using the fill handle with dates
02:17 Fixing dates Excel doesn't recognize
03:28 Understanding percentage formatting
04:16 Avoiding the 800% mistake
04:39 Adjusting decimal places
04:55 Formatting currency values
05:29 Final tips

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