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To include text in a number format that is applied to a cell that might contain text, enclose the text by double quotation marks (" "), and then add an at sign (@). For example, enter "Total for "@ to display "Total for December".
Spaces
To use a character to define the width of a space in a number format, type an underscore ( _ ) followed by the character. The width of the space varies according to the width of the character that you choose. For example, _M creates a wider space than _i.
+To fill free space with a given character, use star character (*) followed by this character. For instance:
+*\0
+will display integer value (0) preceded by as many as needed backslash characters (\) to fill column width. For accounting representation, you may left align currency symbol with a format similar to:
+$_-* 0.--;$-* 0.--;$_-* -
Color
To set the color of a section of a number format code, insert one of the following color names in square brackets [ ]: