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Format Cells to Currency -- Excel iOS App

  1. Tap the cell you want to format to currency. Or tap the first cell in a range of cells that you want to format to currency. This will create a box around the cell with a circle at the bottom.
  2. Tap, hold, and drag the circle so the box surrounds all the cells you want to format to currency.
  3. Tap the main menu icon, which are the three dots in the bottom right corner.
Select the cell or range of cells that you want to format to currency by tapping, holding, and dragging the bottom circle. Tap the three dots at the bottom-right of the screen to access the main menu.

  1. The main menu contains many other menus. Make sure you are on the submenu called "Home."
  2. Scroll down the Home menu options and tap the arrow next on the "Number Format" menu item.
  3. On the Number Format menu, tap "Currency." This will format the cells you selected to currency using the default symbol.
  4. To choose the symbol, tap the i next to "Currency" menu item.
  5. Scroll down and tap the arrow on the "More Symbols" menu item.
Make sure that your menu is set to Home. Scroll down and tap the arrow next to the Number Format menu, then tap the i icon next to Currency, and tap the arrow next to More Symbols option.

  1. In this case, we are selecting "$ English (United States)."
  2. Doing so ensures that the $ symbol is used in the selected cells (cell range).
Select the "$ English (United States)" option. Once you do that, you will notice that the range of cells that you want to format now have a dollar sign.