This Excel tutorial explains how to format the display of a cell's text in Excel 2011 for Mac such as numbers, dates, etc (with screenshots and step-by-step instructions).
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Question: How do I format how the text displays in a cell in Microsoft Excel 2011 for Mac?
Answer: Select the cells that you wish to format.
Right-click and then select 'Format Cells' from the popup menu.
When the Format Cells window appears, select the Number tab. In the Category listbox, select your format. A sample of your text will appear on the right portion of the window based on the format that you've selected. Click the OK button when you are done.
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In this example, we've chosen to format the content of the cells as a currency number.