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I would like to format a cell so that the number, for example 135,000,000
would appear as 135.0M.

Is there a way to do this?

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Try

#,##0.0,,\M

Note the two commas after the second 0.

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On Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:09:01 -0800, Flipper
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I would like to format a cell so that the number, for example 135,000,000
would appear as 135.0M.

Is there a way to do this?

Thank you

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Hi,
custom format , use

0.0,, "M"

"Flipper" wrote:

I would like to format a cell so that the number, for example 135,000,000
would appear as 135.0M.

Is there a way to do this?

Thank you
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