You've probably entered the "numbers" as text, rather than as numbers. If
you are putting spaces in the numbers and these are not what your Windows
Regional Options recognise as the thousands separator, then Excel is liable
to treat them as text. If you change your Windows Regional Options to match
the format you are using for your input, then Data/ Text to Columns will
allow you to translate the text into numbers. Alternatively you could use a
formula such as
=--SUBSTITUTE(A1," ","")

As far as formatting the cells, once they are recognised as numbers, Mike's
format had a comma as a thousands separator, so if you want a space use #
##0,_)
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David Biddulph

"Rockbear" wrote in message
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Hi Mike
Did not work :)
Marked the numbers, format cells, custom format and wrote the #,##0,_) but
this did not make the numbers in thousand

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"Mike H" wrote:

How about a custom format of

#,##0,_)

Mike

"Rockbear" wrote:

Hi

I have a column H that has large numbers 11 515 100, 74 500 988, 79 560
533
etc
Is there a way to format the numbers in 1000?

11 515 100 in thousand it will be 11 515
74 500 988 in thousand it will be 74 501
79 560 533 in thousand it will be 79 561

Just format. the numbers, no formula


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Just a regular user