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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).
If you do not see any color there are chances that the overlay color selected is white. Step 1: Press Ctrl + A to select all the cells. Step 2: Go to Home tab and change the color fill option to.
See solution in other versions of Excel:
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.
In this example, we've chosen to format the content of the cells as a currency number.