Dates are actually stored as numbers in Excel, so you are seeing exactly how it is stored, rather than how it looks with its formatting applied.
Yes. Ctrl and the backtick, (`) will display formulas. The option is also available in the options. There are also options to print formulas within the print settings.
When the cell is not wide enough to display the numbers that are in it. Widening the column will enable you to see the numbers properly.
You can display formulas by using the keyboard Shortcut CTRL + ` in Excel. (The ` Grave Accent key is below the ESC Key on the upper left side of most keyboards.)
In Excel, you can set the column width to 2 and display borders around the cells of the number of cells you would like to display on your graph paper, then print.
Change the view level to a lower percentage number.
Excel can display the year as a number. You can get it to display in different ways as part of a full date, such as having 2 or 4 digits to represent it. There is also a YEAR function, to extract just the year from a full date, which is then displayed as a number.
It reduces the number of digits after the decimal point in the display, rounding the number as appropriate.
Click on the cell to view the formula in the formula bar at the top of the screen. If you would like to display the formula as text in a cell, instead of seeing the results of the formula, enter an apostrophe (') in front of the equal sign (=) of the formula. That will tell Excel to display the cell contents as text and not try to calculate the formula. To display all formulas at once, press and hold the Ctrl key and then press the ` key, which is in the top corner of your keyboard. There is also an option in the View menu to display formulas.
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There is no symbol for "actual" in Excel, but there is a function to display absolute value (ABS).
Yes. Excel can display numbers as percentages. Do you have a question?
Like all modern applications Excel has the capability to show things in various colours, so it can display characters in many colours.