Instructions on how to format data in Excel

The following article details you how to format data in Excel 2013.

1. Format text.

1.1 Font format, type, font size:

- Select the data to format -> Home -> Font -> quickly select the font, font size, type as shown:

Inside:

+ B (Bold): bold type.

+ I (Italic): italic type.

+ U (Underline): underlined font

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- Or to detail Font dialog box, click the arrow below Font -> Format Cells dialog box appears, select the format for the text -> click OK to finish.

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1.2 Border format, text color.

1.2.1 Select text color and background color:

- Select the text area to create colors -> Click Home -> Font -> select the Font Color icon -> dialog box appears -> choose the color for text:

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- Select background color for text:

Select the text area to create background color -> Click Home -> Font -> select the Fill Color icon -> dialog box appears -> select the color as the background color for the text:

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- Result:

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1.1.2 Create borders for text:

Click Home -> Font -> select Border icon -> dialog box appears -> choose the border style for the text:

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- The result of the entire text has been created contour:

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- If you want to create a border as you like Click Home -> Font -> select Border icon -> dialog box appears -> More Border:

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- The dialog box appears selecting the type of border, colors as shown -> click OK:

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2. Align, customize position, text direction.

2.1 Alignments.

- Select text area to be aligned -> Click Home -> Alignment -> choose alignment:

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2.2 Customize text position in cell.

- If the data cell is too wide for the text to align the text so that it is in the middle and proportional to the data cell -> align the position of the text in the cell, there are options such as the figure:

Instructions on how to format data in Excel Picture 14 : The order in turn is: Align the text adjacent to the top of the cell (top), center the cell, and the text position at the end of the cell.

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- Or you can align in the Format Cells dialog box :

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- Click OK to get the results: The text in the middle of the cell is very balanced.

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2.3. Customize the text direction.

- Select the text to create text direction -> Click Home -> Alignment -> Orientation -> select text direction as required.

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- Or change the text direction in the Format Cells dialog box in the Alignment tab :

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- Results after creating the letter direction:

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3. Format the data type.

- For example, you want to format the column number data type to date data type:

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- Right-click the column of quantities -> Format Cells:

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- The Format Cells dialog box appears in the Number tab, selecting the Date data type .

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- Result of the column of the converted date data type:

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The above is a detailed guide on how to format data in Excel 2013.

Good luck!