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Monday, September 1, 2008

How to write amounts in Lakhs and Crores (Indian Format)?

Have you ever wondered as to how to write amounts in lakhs and crores instead of millions and billions ie 10,00,00,000 format.
Its quite simple :
Right Click the cell you want to format >> format >> Number >> Click Custome (last item on the left hand side Menu).Now type one of the below syntax formats in the "Type:" Text box >> Click OK.
Without decimal : 99,99,99,999[>=10000000]#","##","##","###;[>=100000]#","##","###;#,###
With decimal : 99,99,99,999.00[>=10000000]#","##","##","##0.00;[>=100000]#","##","##0.00;#,##0.00
And now you get amounts in Indian currency format.

2 comments:

Anil Tom said...

Hi, I tried this , did not work, it still showed figures in orignal US style format

Saalim said...

Hi Anil,
Sorry for my delayed response. I see no issues with the syntax. I tried it and it worked fine. As a note, I am working on Excel 2003.
Thanks,
Saalim