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Formatting in Excel allows you to change the appearance of cells or the appearance of the spreadsheet as a whole. 

## Cells 

Formatting cells allow you to change the appearance of the value within the cell without changing the value, such as converting number into a currency or percentage value. 

To Format a Cell: 

1. Select the cell or cells to format 

2. Right click and select Format Cells . 

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The Format Cells dialogue box will appear 

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