Change Dashes To Zeroes In Excel

I might be alone in this, but I hate seeing hyphens in lieu of 0’s in tables and charts. Here’s what it looks like:

 

To change these dashes to 0’s select either the column or axis and press Ctrl/Command-1 to open formatting options. The formula, if you will follows this structure:

Positive; Negative; Zero; Text

So just look for “-“?? after the second semicolon and change it to a 0. Easy peezy!

You can learn more about custom number formatting from the Microsoft site.

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