I have a sheet that has very large numbers. What I need to do is condense
these numbers from their full format to something smaller

Example: 2,500,000,000 to 2.5B

I tried editing the number "custom" to:

#,," B"

with a decimal after the #, but the decimal just gets put to the end.

1. Select the cell or range of cells that contain the large numbers you want to abbreviate.
2. Right-click on the selection and choose "Format Cells" from the context menu.
3. In the Format Cells dialog box, go to the "Custom" category.
4. In the "Type" field, enter the following custom number format: 0.0,," Bn"
5. Click "OK" to apply the format to the selected cells.

This custom number format will display the numbers in billions with one decimal place and the "Bn" abbreviation. For example, 2,500,000,000 will be displayed as 2.5 Bn.

Note that the comma after the first zero in the format separates the thousands, while the double comma after the second zero separates the millions. The "Bn" text at the end of the format will be displayed as is.

Perhaps
#.0,, "B"

which results in 2.5 B
or
#.0,,"B"
which results in 2.5B as per your request

--
HTH...

Jim Thomlinson


"Jarod" wrote:

I have a sheet that has very large numbers. What I need to do is condense
these numbers from their full format to something smaller

Example: 2,500,000,000 to 2.5B

I tried editing the number "custom" to:

#,," B"

with a decimal after the #, but the decimal just gets put to the end.

try

0.0,,," B"


"Jarod" wrote:

I have a sheet that has very large numbers. What I need to do is condense
these numbers from their full format to something smaller

Example: 2,500,000,000 to 2.5B

I tried editing the number "custom" to:

#,," B"

with a decimal after the #, but the decimal just gets put to the end.

Try this:

0.#,,, B

--
HTH,

RD

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I have a sheet that has very large numbers. What I need to do is condense
these numbers from their full format to something smaller

Example: 2,500,000,000 to 2.5B

I tried editing the number "custom" to:

#,," B"

with a decimal after the #, but the decimal just gets put to the end.