Two primary techniques for automatic number formatting: custom number format codes and a formula-based approach using a lookup table.

This tutorial shows the steps to use Automatic Data Type in Microsoft Excel. It allows you to insert details of cities, food items, music, animals, persons, etc, automatically.

Image: 200dgr/Shutterstock The article, Use a custom format in Excel to display easier to read millions uses a custom format to make large values more readable. For instance, 1,200,000 displays as ...