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    Question need help on special formatting for cell values

    Hi
    I'm building a crude parts storage database for a university storeroom, and I'm wondering if it's possible to do some fancy formatting in cells that truncates numbers visually and places a multiplier after the number, for example, turning 38300 Ω into 38.3 kΩ or 2000000 Ω into 2 MΩ, but leaving 470 Ω as is?
    I only need it to place no, k, or M multipliers, those are the only multipliers the set will need.
    I've included an excel sheet with what I've already figured out (placing the Ω at the end, I'm still learning excel).


    Thanks in advance!
    Freya


    ps: I know excel is not a database tool, but for my purposes it works perfectly for what we needed immediately
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    Re: need help on special formatting for cell values

    When I was first learning spreadsheets, this helpfile was one of my most frequently referenced helps: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...7-9c9354dd99f5 The guidelines show that you can add up to three conditions to a custom number format code. Something like [>=1E6]_(####.00,, \M\Ω* _);[>=1E3]_(####.00, \k\Ω* _);_(####.00 \Ω* _);@"Ω" could work.
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    Smile Re: need help on special formatting for cell values

    Thank you so much!
    I had landed on that very page previously and must have glossed over the conditional formatting paragraph -_-'
    the format you provided works fantastically, thanks again!

    Freya

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