Change the decimal point to a comma or vice versa

Excel 365 2016 2010
This tip is about changing number separators in Excel - comma to point, point to comma, semicolon to comma, etc.

To change Excel options, do the following:

   1.   On the File tab, click the Options button:

Excel 2013 options

   2.   In the Excel Options dialog box, on the Advanced tab, clean the Use system separators checkbox:

Advanced Excel 2013 options

   3.   In the appropriate fields, enter symbols that you prefer for Decimal separator and/or for Thousands separator.

For example:

Separators Excel 2013 options
Example of separators Excel 2013 options

If you need to change system options, please see Change the semicolon to a comma or vice versa.

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