use a custom format of

[=10000000]##\,##\,##\,##0.00;[=100000]##\,##\,##0.00;##,##0.00

will format say 1234567890 as 123,45,67,890.00


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HTH

Bob

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"jatin" <jatin @discussions.microsoft.com wrote in message
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i would like to seperate figures in lakhs and not in millions
eg 1,00,000 & not 100,000
how do i do it