How to Use the Bold, Italic, and Underline Commands?
Step 1: Select the cells
Press and hold or drag to choose several cells for formatting.
Step 2: Select Bold, Italic, or Underline from the Home
From the Home menu, choose Bold (B), Italic (I), or Underline (U). This will change the style of the text you have chosen.
Step 3: The selected style will be applied
The highlighted, italicised, or bolded text will be the one you choose.
Note: Pressing Ctrl+B, Ctrl+I, and Ctrl+U on the keyboard will correspondingly bold, italicise, and underline the chosen text.
Excel: Formatting Cells
Excel Formatting Shortcuts
If you have closely followed the previous parts of this tutorial, you already know most of the Excel formatting shortcuts. The table below provides a summary.
Shortcut Format
Ctrl+Shift+~ General format
Ctrl+Shift+! Number format with a thousand separators and two decimal places.
Ctrl+Shift+$ Currency format with two decimal places and negative numbers displayed in parentheses
Ctrl+Shift+% Percentage format with no decimal places
Ctrl+Shift+^ Scientific notation format with two decimal places
Ctrl+Shift+# Date format (dd-mmm-yy)
Ctrl+Shift+@ Time format (hh: mm AM/PM)
Excel opens with all the cells looking the same. Things can get hard to understand if you have a lot of them. Changing Excel’s look is as simple as changing the font and size parameters to modify the appearance of your written work. The key points become more apparent, and the material becomes more accessible.
Excel also lets you choose whether the numbers are money ($) or percentages (%). Then, it will know just what to display to them. After these easy changes, your Excel file will look better and be easier for everyone to understand.
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