Questions tagged [google-sheets-cell-format]
Use for questions about Google Sheets cell format like formatting numbers, dates or using the equal, plus, minus symbols as part of texts (strings)
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How do you “Paint Format” more than once in Google Sheets?
In Google Sheets you can select a formatted row, click the "Paint Format" Tool, then click another row to apply the same format. You can drag down to do multiple rows if they are together (say rows 50-...
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Date fields that refuse to be parsed/formatted
I have some very mysterious date fields in a huge (600 000 records) CSV file which absolutely refuses to behave.
They come up aligned left, and conditional formatting shows that they cannot be seen ...
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How to calculate time worked in Google Sheets after 12am?
I usually work from 3pm to 1am. I can't seem to find out how to make google sheets find the correct duration between those times. I know the correct duration is 10 hours, but no matter what I do ...
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Google sheets spreadsheet will not format date correctly
I have a Google spreadsheet with a date column formatted to dd mmm yyyy. Many of the dates are formatted this way, but some cells will not format this way, and no matter what I select under "Format", "...
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Validation of cell values
I have a problem (like everyone here, obviosly). In the sheet in the column E from row 2 (row 1 is the heading) I have to choose some text: Text1, Text2... Depending on the choice of value (it should ...
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Show insignificant zero
I want, when I write a Number in a Cell, that the zeros are still visible. In a Google sheet.
e.g. when I write 1.050, or 1.0 or 1.2000 there should stay exactly that.
Not 1.05; 1; 1.2 or something ...
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How to format a negative number red within a mixed formula result
We use the following formula:
="Stu/W: " & TEXT((A$2/B2),"[Red]#,###,##0.00") &"€"
and wish to have the resulting negative currency numbers colored red and positive blue.
Unfortunately ...
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How can I search an argument in GSheets to return TRUE if the argument references another cell?
Hello! In some cells in the True Price Column, I applied a discount by referencing the cell Conv!C2. For example, the argument in D13 is =MROUND((D8 * 2) * Conv!C2, 5) where (D8 * 2) is me calculating ...
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Why is alignment off in cells?
When the cell alignment is set to center it's actually more to the right. I've tried several reformating options including reset. The cells have no formulas, just text.
