How to show Indian Currency Format in Excel?

This is a guest post by our excel ninja – Hui.

Today we will learn how to format numbers and amounts in Indian currency format. Indian numbers are grouped differently than standard English numbers.

English Grouping              123,456,789.01

Indian Grouping               12,34,56,789.01

Quick and easy fix to show numbers in Indian format:

A custom number format of:

[>=10000000]##\,##\,##\,##0;[>=100000] ##\,##\,##0;##,##0

or

[>=10000000]"RS "##\,##\,##\,##0;[>=100000]"RS " ##\,##\,##0;"RS "##,##0

Will solve the problem.

A permanent solution to Indian Number Formats:

However there is better and more permanent solution using the Systems Regional Settings

1. Goto the Control panel and select the “Region and Language” button
2. Select “Additional Settings”
3. Set digit groupings to the Indian grouping like this:
   
4. Do the same on the Currency Tab and Apply

Now in Excel the Default  “,” and “$” Style will show the way you wanted.

Thanks Hui:

Thank you so much for sharing this hack with all of our readers. 🙂

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