- Click on the cell you want to format to currency. Or click on 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 square at the bottom.
- Click, hold, and drag the square so the box surrounds all the cells you want to format to currency. In this case, we surround cells D2 to D12.
![Callout number one is pointing at an arrow that follow the column under Sales.](https://byu-pathway.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/5da846a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2166x1202+0+0/resize/600x333!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbyu-pathway-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F84%2F88%2Fda2476bd4b0988e57570deb37112%2Fcomputer-format-to-currency-1.png)
- Right-click on the highlighted cells to reveal a menu. On the menu, click "Number Format."
![Callout number one is pointing at the Number Format option that is under the General drop down menu.](https://byu-pathway.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/2fda5ca/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2176x1200+0+0/resize/600x331!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbyu-pathway-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F88%2F8a%2F4ed301104f779ac7e8613cafb7ec%2Fcomputer-format-to-currency-2.png)
- Click "Currency."
- Make sure that you have selected the $ symbol.
- Click "Ok".
![Callout number one is pointing at the Currency option. Callout number two is pointing at the dollar sign and the drop down arrow under the Symbol menu.](https://byu-pathway.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/ad2f04c/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2164x1190+0+0/resize/600x330!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbyu-pathway-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F55%2Ffb%2F31c803c44adfad8623c55b1b474a%2Fcomputer-format-to-currency-3.png)
- The selected cells are now formatted for currency using the $ symbol.
![Callout number one is pointing at the range of selected cells under the Sales column.](https://byu-pathway.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/839f2c6/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2178x1210+0+0/resize/600x333!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbyu-pathway-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ff5%2F0e%2Fac54c3dd4085be806d03a1d8710c%2Fcomputer-format-to-currency-4.png)
Important! Ensure that you also format cells K2 to K7 and cells N2 to N7 for correct dollar symbols. Follow the same steps as performed for cells D2 to D12.