I am from India. For our currency India rupee the format is ##,##,###. I
would like to format the numbers in the above format instead of million
format. In the regional settings - numbers the format 12,34,56,789 is
available. If i change that also it is not getting effected in excel. How to
do this in MS-Excel? I am using Office 2000.

From a Google search here is a reply by David Richie to the same question in
January

If you have Excel 2002 or later look up bhattext in help.
Otherwise the following format might help you


[=10000000]##\,##\,##\,##0.00;[=100000]##\,##\,##0.00;##,##0.00
(This format separates groups for India/Thailand, format valid for
positive numbers up to 99,99,99,999.99 or 999,999,999.99)
in Excel XP see function BhatText as in Thai Bhat currency.

=BAHTTEXT(A37) [Rupees, Rs., Paise, lakhs, crores] ==an alternative may
be to use Control Panel, Regional Settings, Numbers,
digit grouping.

see:
http://www.google.ca/groups?q=indian...cel*&hl=en&lr=...
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I am from India. For our currency India rupee the format is ##,##,###. I
would like to format the numbers in the above format instead of million
format. In the regional settings - numbers the format 12,34,56,789 is
available. If i change that also it is not getting effected in excel. How
to
do this in MS-Excel? I am using Office 2000.