There’s nothing more annoying than adding a decimal point, only to have Excel remove it. Or, worse still, adding decimals to every line, even though you’re using whole numbers in dollar format -- $12.00 shouldn’t require you to type a decimal point on each line, instead let it Excel do it for you.
This all comes down to formatting, and thankfully, it really couldn’t be easier.
1. Open Excel and enter a new or existing workbook.
2. Select the the column you’d like to add decimal points to. It doesn’t matter if there are no decimals, all decimals, or a mix of the two.
3. Right-click and select Format Cells.
4. Under the Number tab, choose Currency.
5. The number of decimal places should be set to 2. If not, use the up/down arrows to select the number of decimal places (or just type it in). If it’s already set to 2, skip this step.
6. Click OK.
