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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Leading zeros in Google Spreadsheet automatically removed
I have a column in which all inputs are numbers. But these numbers are actually not real numbers. Not real in the sense, 050 in this case is very different from 50
The problem is that whenever I add ...
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How to change the text line height in one cell?
I could not find an option in the recent version of Google Sheets to change the text line height (the spacing between lines in a single cell).
You realize the problem even more when exporting the ...
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IMPORTHTML data is sporadically changing to incorrect format
I'm hoping you can help me with my problem using importhtml with Google Sheets. It is a problem similar to Trying to use Google Sheets importHTML() to import a table. It forces content to a date ...
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Automatic currency conversion in Google Sheets
I have a personal accounting sheet that is mainly accounting in Euros, but for every manual Euro (EUR) entry I do, I want to have that entry converted to USD in the previous column next to it ...
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How do I add dates for the beginning and end of the week in one cell
I know very little about Google Sheets and all I want to do is create a cell that will display the beginning and end of the week, like this: 7/22-7/28.
I'd like to be able to drag this across ...
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How do I keep borders when dragging down to fill cells?
I have a large scheduling spreadsheet of dates and names, split up by week, with borders for clarity. I want to be able to autofill the dates by dragging down the cell. Sometimes I also want to fill ...
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Formating a number with specific spacing
I'm attempting to pull a particular option value from Yahoo! into Google Sheets. The base URL is: https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/GOOG190418C00800000
When breaking the formula up, I have to ...
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Google Spreadsheet: Conditional format used together with a range doesn't seem to format cells correctly
I'm trying to create a small calendar, which is built like this:
A1: = DATE(2018, 1, 1);
B4: = A1
C4: = A1 + 1
D4: = A1 + 2
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This works fine and the columns B2 … D4 looks ok:
Mon, 01/01 | Tue, 02/...
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Convert multiple currencies and total the results in one cell
I have 4 currency columns (GBP, Euro, DKK, SKK). I then want to convert them to GBP in the 'Total Column. Is there a formula to look at all 4 currency columns and then convert to GBP in the specific ...
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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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Duration to seconds calculation
There are 3 columns in my google sheet with heading Start time (col C), End Time (col D) and time taken (col E). Column E is arrived by finding the difference between col D and col C. Now when I try ...
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Partial cell formatting with CONCATENATE in Google Sheets
Is there a way to format partially using CONCATENATE in Google Sheets?
For example, =CONCATENATE("*", Sheet1!A1, Sheet1!B1), and I want to make the * bolded or blue in color or something else.
I ...
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How do I Specify the Scientific Notation Power in Google Sheets?
In Google Sheets when I enter
10E-12
in a cell formatted for scientific notation, it automatically turns the number into
1E-11
Though technically correct, this is really annoying when comparing ...
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Google Sheets Custom Number Format - Unchanging #<1000
I am well aware of the excellent Custom Number Formula:
[<999950]0.0,"K";[<999950000]0.0,,"M";0.0,,,"B"
Which abbreviates #,000 numbers to #K, #,000,000 to #M etc...
However, I am looking for ...
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When I edit a table in Google Sheet, it auto-changes my data
When I put '4.8.8' into a cell in Google Sheets, it automatically converts it to '4.8.2008'. How do I avoid it?
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How to format Brazilian phone numbers in Google Sheets?
I have two possible phone numbers:
One with 9 digits (mobile) and 8 digits (landline), and I need to insert - after 4 or 5 digits so they appear as 0000-0000 when 8 digits, and 00000-0000 when they ...
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How to remove insignificant decimal point in Google Spreadsheets?
I'm trying to format a number in Google Spreadsheets. I want it to show the thousands comma, then a period ., followed by mostly 3 digits, only when necessary.
For example:
1,234.56789 => 1,234....
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How to enumerate dates into a Google Sheets' column?
I need to enumerate a Google Sheets' column with consecutive business dates (Sunday-Thursday) starting and ending with specific days.
Can this be done automatically or I have to this manually?
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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.
