Sample Custom Number Formats
Format Code | Description | Data with General Format | Data with Custom Number Format
[>9999999](000)000-0000;000-0000 | Displays a telephone number with or without an | 7045556325 | (704)555-6325
| area code. | 9106325689 | (910)632-5689
| If the number is greater than 9,999,999, this code | 8896523 | 889-6523
| displays the number with an area code | 5362563 | 536-2563
| ((000)000-0000); otherwise the number appears | 2065896325 | (206)589-6325
| without the area code (000-0000). | 3369856 | 336-9856
[<1].00¢;$0.00_¢ | Shows currency values in dollars or cents. | 1.25 | $1.25
| This code displays values less than 1 in | 3 | $3.00
| cents notation (.00¢), and display values | 0.35 | .35¢
| greater than or equal to 1 in dollars, and | 0.95 | .95¢
| leaves a space on the right so that the | 22.36 | $22.36
| decimals line up ($0.00_¢). | 0.75 | .75¢
[<=2]"Low"* 0;[>=4]"High"* 0;"Average"* 0 | Using "If, ElseIf, Else" in a number format: | 1 | Low 1
| If the value is <=2, display the word "low" | 2 | Low 2
| with the value, | 3 | Average 3
| Else If the value is >=4, display the word | 4 | High 4
| "high" with the value, | 5 | High 5
| Else display the word "Average" with |  |
| value. |  |
[Red][<=2]0;[Green][>=4]0;[Black]0 | Using "If, ElseIf, Else" in a number format: | 1 | 1
| If the value is <=2, display the value | 2 | 2
| with red text, | 3 | 3
| Else If the value is >=4, display the value | 4 | 4
| with green text, | 5 | 5
| Else display the value with black text. |  |

This table was produced from the example Excel file available at http://support.microsoft.com/support/Excel/Content/Formats/default.asp