Editing and formatting a report : Formatting data strings : Applying a number format

Applying a number format

This section describes how to apply a standard number format or a custom number format to format numeric data.

How to apply a number format

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From the right-arrow menu, choose FormatFormat Data.
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On Number column format, select a format from the Format Number drop-down list. For example, you can format the credit limit column as currency in dollars ($) as shown in Figure 3-11. Select the appropriate options from the remaining drop-down lists on Number column format.

Figure 3-11  Setting number column format
You can select a standard format or define a custom format. Standard and custom formats are described in the next sections.