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Default new open files to 2 decimal places
How can I set the default newly opened spreadsheet to be
globally set to say 2 decimal places please ? The Tools option allows you to set decimal places to 2 but simply takes any number you enter and multiplies by 100. ie entering 1234 displays as 12.34. I want the default to be the same as globally selecting the whole sheet and then setting the number format to 2 decimal places. Thanks. |
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Default new open files to 2 decimal places
Huh? I think you need to rephrase your question it appears to me
to be self-contradictory. The default is to not check the first item then it ignores the number What the option does with 2 decimal places is to *divide* what you enter by 100 if you do not include a decimal point. If you include a decimal point the option is ignored. You can multiply by 100 by using -2 but that isn't likely of much use to you. Again only applies when you do not include a decimal point in your entry. Including a decimal can be at the end of the number: 123.95 123. 123 will produce 1.23 if you have set for 2 decimal places. I think that option applies to all of your use of Excel, it's hard to tell the actual scope of some of the options. --- HTH, David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP - Excel [site changed Nov. 2001] My Excel Pages: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/excel.htm Search Page: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/search.htm wrote in message ... How can I set the default newly opened spreadsheet to be globally set to say 2 decimal places please ? The Tools option allows you to set decimal places to 2 but simply takes any number you enter and multiplies by 100. ie entering 1234 displays as 12.34. I want the default to be the same as globally selecting the whole sheet and then setting the number format to 2 decimal places. Thanks. |
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Default new open files to 2 decimal places
Here's a similar question I posted yesterday, and the
answer. Do the same thing, but instead of setting all cells to wrap text set them to number format with 2 decimal places. Linda --------------------------------- Hit CRTL + A to select all cells. FormatAlignmentWrap Text. To make this the default for all new workbooks and sheets.... Open a new workbook. Customize as you wish. FileSave As Type: scroll down to Excel Template(*.XLT) and select. Name your workbook "BOOK"(no quotes). Excel will add the .XLT to save as BOOK.XLT. Store this workbook in the XLSTART folder usually located at........ C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART This will be the default workbook for FileNewWorkbook. You can also open a new workbook and delete all but one sheet. Customize as you wish then save this as SHEET.XLT in XLSTART folder also. It now becomes the default InsertSheet. More can be found on this in Help under "templates"(no quotes). Gord Dibben Excel MVP On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 06:36:20 -0700, "L Schmandt" wrote: How can I customize Excel so that the default for all cells in a worksheet is always to wrap text? It drives me nuts to have to do this every time, when I almost never DON'T want text to wrap. -----Original Message----- How can I set the default newly opened spreadsheet to be globally set to say 2 decimal places please ? The Tools option allows you to set decimal places to 2 but simply takes any number you enter and multiplies by 100. ie entering 1234 displays as 12.34. I want the default to be the same as globally selecting the whole sheet and then setting the number format to 2 decimal places. Thanks. . |
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Default new open files to 2 decimal places
Have a look at ToolsOptionsEdit and "Fixed Decimal Places"
Checkmark it and set it to "2" Enter 1234 and it will change to 12.34 Perhaps this setting is confusing the issue. Gord Dibben Excel MVP On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 17:35:33 -0700, wrote: How can I set the default newly opened spreadsheet to be globally set to say 2 decimal places please ? The Tools option allows you to set decimal places to 2 but simply takes any number you enter and multiplies by 100. ie entering 1234 displays as 12.34. I want the default to be the same as globally selecting the whole sheet and then setting the number format to 2 decimal places. Thanks. |
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Default new open files to 2 decimal places
Thankyou Linda !!
You're a life saver. Much appreciated. |
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Thanks. I have the answer !!
Thanks all. Appreciated. Linda in the first response above has hit on the answer. Ta. |
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