Combine an Excel custom format with data validation and remove the pressure for input perfection from personnel by letting Excel do the work.

When you type a seven-or-ten-digit phone number into an Excel cell that uses the phone number format, Excel will automatically change the way the number looks so that it appears as a phone number.

How to Format Fractions to Percentages in Excel. The cells in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet can hold various types of numerical data, including fractions and percentages.

To create data bars in Excel, select your cells and then choose data bars from Conditional Formatting.