Excel has many formats for numbers. The can be displayed with decimal points or as percentages or in Scientific notation or in currency and in a few other formats. They can have comma separation, so you could have 1,000,000 instead of 1000000. You can also format negative numbers to be displayed with a minus sign or in red. You can also set up custom formats for your numbers.
As a percentage.
As a decimal number.
As a number in scientific notation.
As currency. Number format
It depends on what you mean by 'display nuberic data.' The simplest way would be to type numbers in a cell, so you can see them on the screen.
They align to the right and use the General number format. Whole numbers will display without decimal places.
Its called the number format.
Format.
Format
It is referred to as a format.
It can be called the format of the cell. Specific formats include percentage, general, currency and others.
Format.
Formatting.
The formula bar.
As you type, Excel displays the entry in the FORMULA BAR, and also displays the active cell reference int he Name box on the left.
I am not aware of a name menu in Excel. However, Excel has a name box that displays the name or cell reference of the active cell.
It will fill the cell with # symbols.
The Formula Bar.
Yes it does.