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XL: AutoFormat Does Not Apply Currency Format to All Rows
Last reviewed: March 27, 1997
Article ID: Q119258
4.00 4.00a 5.00 5.00c 7.00 | 4.00 5.00 
WINDOWS                    | MACINTOSH
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The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 4.0, 4.0a, 5.0, 5.0c
  • Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0
  • Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, versions 4.0, 5.0

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Excel, when you apply one of the Accounting (versions 5.x and 7.0) or Finance (version 4.0) formats using the AutoFormat feature, the currency number format ($) is applied only to the first row and the Total row in the data range.

CAUSE

This behavior is by design in Microsoft Excel. There is no documentation that states that an Accounting or Financial format must have a currency format applied to all of the cells.

WORKAROUND

To work around this behavior, you must apply the desired currency format to all of the cells that do not have this format applied by the AutoFormat feature.

Note that when you apply one of the Accounting autoformats in Microsoft Excel version 5.x or 7.0, the following Accounting category format code is applied: 

   _($* #,##0.00_);_($* (#,##0.00);_($* "-"??_);_(@_)
When you apply one of the Finance autoformats in Microsoft Excel version 4.0, the following Currency category format code is applied: 

   $#,##0.00_);[Red]($#,##0.00)

REFERENCES

For more information about Applying An Autoformat To A Range, choose the Search button in Help and type: 

   autoformats, applying
In Microsoft Excel 7.0, click Answer Wizard on the Help menu, click on the Index tab, and type in "AutoFormat".

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Version : 4.00 4.00a 5.00 5.00c 7.00 | 4.0
Platform : MACINTOSH WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: March 27, 1997
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