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Format cells

You can customise number formats and the colour and font used in cells in calculation worksheets.
  1. To format a cell, open the calculation and select the sheet you want to work with.
  2. In the cells to format, right-click and select
    Format
    , then
    Cells
    . Customise your settings as necessary.
  3. Select the
    Save
     icon on the toolbar ribbon to save your changes.

Customise number formats

This setting controls details for number formats, such as how to represent zeroes and the number of decimal places. Select the settings in the
Numbers
section as necessary.

Single or double underlines in spreadsheet

The application supports both single and double underline formats used in Excel sheets. This lets you view the underlined text. You can apply these formats to empty cells in your spreadsheet. The formats are recognized and appear when inserted in a calculation.
The following 2 images illustrate various underline formats that you can apply in an Excel spreadsheet and how these formats appear when the Excel sheet is inserted into a calculation.
Spreadsheet with a column of values and a double line under the last value.
Spreadsheet shows an empty cell that's single underlined. and an empty cell that's double underlined.
As shown in the screenshots above, single and double underlines for total amounts need to be configured on empty cells in an Excel sheet. The below shows a sample design of such an Excel sheet and how it appears in the calculation.
Spreadsheet shows 2 cells with no value and no single or double underlines.
Spreadsheet shows 2 cells with no value but with a single underline and a double underline.

Change the Colour of a Cell

You can specify a colour in any of the following ways:
  • Select the small arrow to the right of the
    Fill Colour
     field, then use the colour picker to select a colour.
  • Select the small arrow to the right of the
    Fill Colour
     field and select a colour box.
  • Type the hex value in the
    Fill Colour
     field. You must include the
    #
     before the alphanumeric hex value.
  • Type the HTML colour name in the
    Fill Colour
     field.
Printing Sheet Colours
If you want the colour to be included in the printable PDF, you must use one of the following colour values:
HTML value
Hex value
Black
#000000
Blue
#000080
Green
#008000
Brown
#A52A2A
Cyan
#008080
Violet
#800080
BrightRed
#600000
DarkGrey
#C0C0C0
LightGrey
#D3D3D3
BrightBlue
#0096FF
BrightGreen
#00FF00
Red
#FF0000
BrightCyan
#00FFFF
BrightViolet
#FF00FF
Yellow
#FFFF00
White
#FFFFFF
Format the Font in a Cell
You can specify the font colour and style, such as bold or italic, for individual cells. However, the font itself cannot be changed.
If you want the font to be bold, italic, or underlined, select the checkboxes in the General section for the styles you want to apply.
note
When you print the calculation, the font style you select is retained, but the font colour is always black.