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This wikiHow article teaches you how to change a comma to a dot in Excel. Manually replacing commas with dots in Excel can be a time-consuming task. You might run into this situation due to European countries using commas as a decimal separator instead of a period. Luckily, this issue can be fixed quite easily.

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    Open the Excel spreadsheet you need to update. Whether it’s on your desktop or in a folder, find the spreadsheet and double click on it to open it.

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    Click on the Find & Select button. This button can be found in the top right corner of the screen. It will say “Find & Select” and it will be represented by a magnifying glass or binoculars, depending on the version of Excel you’re using.

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    Click Replace from the menu. A menu will appear and Replace will be the second option down, just to the left of an icon featuring an arrow between the letters “b” and “c.”

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    Fill out the fields. A window will open with two fields: “Find what” and “Replace with.” In the “Find what” field, type in a comma. In the “Replace with” field, type in a period/dot.

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    Click Replace All. Clicking this option will replace every comma in the document with a period/dot.

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    Open the Excel spreadsheet you need to update. Whether it’s on your desktop or in a folder, find the spreadsheet and double click on it to open it.

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    Click File in the top left corner. The File button is always the first option in the top menu of a Microsoft Office document. You can find it in the top left corner of the window.

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    Click Options in the bottom left corner. The menu along the left side of the screen will be green. At the very bottom of this menu, in the bottom left corner of the menu, you will see Options.

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    Click Advanced in the menu on the left. A window of Excel Options will pop up that has another menu along the left side. You can find the Advanced option just beneath Ease of Access.

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    Uncheck the Use system separators box. You can find this option near the bottom of the Editing options section. The box should be checked by default. Click on the check mark so that it disappears, and the box is unchecked.

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    Update the Decimal separator and Thousands separator fields as necessary. Depending on what your defaults are, one of these fields should have a comma in it. Replace it with a period/dot and click “OK” at the bottom of the window to complete the change.

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1. Open the desired Excel spreadsheet.
2. Click on the Find & Select button.
3. Click Replace from the menu.
4. Fill out the «Find what» and «Replace with» fields.
5. Click Replace All.

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Change Separators from Commas to Decimals or Decimals to Commas in Microsoft Excel

by Avantix Learning Team | Updated November 23, 2021

Applies to: Microsoft® Excel® 2013, 2016, 2019 and 365 (Windows)

Depending on your country or region, Excel may display decimal points or dots instead of commas for larger numbers. The decimal point (.) or comma (,) is used as the group separator in different regions in the world. You can change commas to decimal points or dots or vice versa in your Excel workbook temporarily or permanently. The default display of commas or decimal points is based on your global system settings (Regional Settings in the Control Panel) and Excel Options.

If you want to use a decimal point instead of a comma as a group or thousands separator, which is different from your Regional Settings, this can lead to issues with your Excel calculations.

Excel recognizes numbers without group or thousands separators so these separators are actually a format.

Your Regional Settings in your Control Panel on your device are used by default by Excel to determine if decimals should be a period or dot (used in the US and in English Canada for example) or if decimals are a comma (used in many European countries and French Canada).

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Changing commas to decimals by changing global system settings

It’s important to enter data in Excel in accordance with your global system settings in the Control Panel. For example, if you enter the number 1045.35 and your system is set with US as the region, the period is used as the decimal separator. If you enter the number 1045,35 in France, the comma is used as the decimal separator based on system settings with France as the region.

Below is the Control Panel in Windows 10:

Control |Pane; in Windows 10 with Regional Settings and other icons.

To change the Regional Settings in the Control Panel in Windows 10:

  1. In the Start a search box on the bottom left of the screen, type Control Panel. The Control Panel appears.
  2. Click Clock and Region. This may appear as Languages and Regional Standards.
  3. Below Region, click Change Date, Time, or Number Formats. A dialog box appears. If you change the region, Excel (and other programs) will use settings based on the selected region so US would use periods as decimals and commas as thousands separators.
  4. If you don’t want to change the region, click Additional settings. A Customize Format dialog box appears.
  5. Click the Numbers tab.
  6. Select the desired options in Decimal symbol and Digit grouping symbol. You can also change other options in this dialog box (such as the format of negatives).
  7. Click OK twice.

Below is the Customize Format dialog box:

Custom Format dialog box to change separators in Windows.

Keep in mind that this will change defaults on your device for all Excel workbooks (as well as other programs like Microsoft Access or Microsoft Project). If another user opens the workbook on a different device, the separators will display based on their system settings.

Changing commas to decimals and vice versa by changing Excel Options

You can also change Excel Options so that commas display as the group or thousands separator instead of decimals and vice versa. This option will affect any workbook you open after you have made this change.

To change Excel Options so that commas display as the thousands separator and decimals appear as the decimal separator (assuming your global settings in Regional Settings are set in the opposite way):

  1. Click the File tab in the Ribbon.
  2. Click Options.
  3. In the categories on the left, click Advanced.
  4. Uncheck Use system separators in the Editing area.
  5. In the Decimal separator box, enter the desired character such as a decimal or period (.).
  6. In the Thousands separator box, enter the desired character such as a comma (,).
  7. Click OK.

Below is the Options dialog box where Use system separators has been turned off and a decimal and comma have been entered as separators:

Excel Options dialog ox with option to use System settings unchecked.

You may want to change the Options back to Use system separators when you have finished your task.

Creating a formula to change separators and format using current system separators

Another alternative is to write a formula in another cell or column to convert separators. This works well if the data is text with separators that are not used in the current system settings. If you write a formula to convert text to numbers, you can keep the original values as well. In Excel 2013 or later, you can use the NUMBERVALUE function to convert the text to numbers.

The NUMBERVALUE function has the following arguments:

Text – The text to convert to a number.

Decimal_separator – The character used in the original cell to separate the integer and fractional part of the result.

Group_separator – The character used in the original cell to separate groupings of numbers, such as thousands from hundreds and millions from thousands.

The function is entered as follows:

=NUMBERVALUE(Text,Decimal_separator, Group_separator)

For example, if you have 2.500.300,00 in A1 and your device is set to US in the Regional Settings, you could enter the following formula in B1:

=NUMBERVALUE(A1,»,»,».»)

The value that is returned will normally appear as a number without formatting. You can then apply appropriate formatting by pressing Ctrl + 1 and using Format Cells to apply formatting with system separators.

Changing separators using Flash Fill

Flash Fill is a utility that is available in Excel 2013 and later versions and can be used to clean up and / or reformat data. It is not a formula, so if the original data changes, you’ll need to rerun Flash Fill.

In the example below, the numbers entered in column A are formatted using system settings (US in this case). In column B, we have entered sample data in B2 and B3 with different separators (periods for the group separator and commas for the decimal separator). It’s usually best to enter a few examples to show Excel the pattern. You’ll need data with a pattern to the left in order to use Flash Fill. Once you have entered a few examples of the pattern in cells to the right of the original data, in the cell below the samples (in this case in cell B4) press Ctrl + E. Flash Fill will fill in the remaining cells until it reaches the end of the data set.

The following example was created using Flash Fill in column B (the data that is filled in column B is text):

Example worksheet to add comma and decimal separators using Flash Bill.

For more information, check out How to Use Flash Fill in Excel (4 Ways with Shortcuts).

Changing commas to decimals in an Excel worksheet for a selected range using Replace

You can use the Replace command to replace commas with decimals or vice versa In a range of cells on a worksheet. It’s important to understand that this will change the range of cells to text so you won’t be able to use certain functions like SUM. You may want to replace on a copy of the data.

To change commas to decimals using Replace:

  1. Select the range of cells in which you want to replace commas with decimals. You may select a range of cells, a column or columns or the entire worksheet.
  2. Press Ctrl + 1 or right-click and select Format Cells. A dialog box appears.
  3. Click the Number tab.
  4. In the categories on the left, click Text and then click OK. Notably, the data will be text not numbers.
  5. Click the Home tab in the Ribbon and in the Editing group, click Find & Select. A drop-down menu appears.
  6. Click Replace. Alternatively, press Ctrl + H. A dialog box appears.
  7. In the Find and Replace dialog box, click the Replace tab.
  8. In the Find what box, enter a comma (the character that you want to find).
  9. In the Replace with box, enter a decimal or period (the character that you want to replace).
  10. Click Replace All if you are sure that you want to replace all symbols or characters in the selected range. Click Replace if you want to find and replace one by one in the selected range. Click Find All if you want to find all of the characters to be replaced first and then decide if you want to replace all. Click Find Next if you want to find characters one by one and decide if you want to replace each character by clicking Replace. After replacing all characters, Excel displays a dialog box with the number of replacements.

Below is the Find and Replace dialog box with a comma (,) entered in the Find what box and a decimal (.) in the Replace with box:

Find and Replace dialog box in Excel to find a comma and replace with a decimal.

In the previous example, only commas were changed to decimals but you may have data that has both commas and decimals (like 1,475.55). In this case, you would need to Replace multiple times.

To change commas to decimals and decimals to commas using Replace:

  1. Select the range of cells in which you want to replace commas with decimals and decimals with commas. You may select a range of cells, a column or columns or the entire worksheet.
  2. Press Ctrl + 1 or right-click and select Format Cells. A dialog box appears.
  3. Click the Number tab.
  4. In the categories on the left, click Text and then click OK. Notably, the data will be text not numbers.
  5. Click the Home tab in the Ribbon and in the Editing group, click Find & Select. A drop-down menu appears.
  6. Click Replace. Alternatively, press Ctrl + H. A dialog box appears.
  7. In the Find and Replace dialog box, click the Replace tab.
  8. In the Find what box, enter a decimal.
  9. In the Replace with box, enter an asterisk (*).
  10. Click Replace All if you are sure that you want to replace all symbols or characters in the selected range. Click Replace if you want to find and replace one by one in the selected range. Click Find All if you want to find all of the characters to be replaced first and then decide if you want to replace all. Click Find Next if you want to find characters one by one and decide if you want to replace each character by clicking Replace. After replacing all characters, Excel displays a dialog box with the number of replacements.
  11. In the Find what box, enter a comma.
  12. In the Replace with box, enter a decimal or period.
  13. Click Replace All if you are sure that you want to replace all symbols or characters in the selected range. Click Replace if you want to find and replace one by one in the selected range. Click Find All if you want to find all of the characters to be replaced first and then decide if you want to replace all. Click Find Next if you want to find characters one by one and decide if you want to replace each character by clicking Replace. After replacing all characters, Excel displays a dialog box with the number of replacements.
  14. In the Find what box, enter an asterisk (*).
  15. In the Replace with box, enter a comma.
  16. Click Replace All if you are sure that you want to replace all symbols or characters in the selected range. Click Replace if you want to find and replace one by one in the selected range. Click Find All if you want to find all of the characters to be replaced first and then decide if you want to replace all. Click Find Next if you want to find characters one by one and decide if you want to replace each character by clicking Replace. After replacing all characters, Excel displays a dialog box with the number of replacements.

Again, the result will be text, not numbers.

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Data entered in Excel will automatically be separated by dots or commas. Users can use those to separate units in the sequence more clearly. However, if in a document the unit separator is not uniform, you need to switch back to the same type of sign. The following article will guide you how to convert comma into dot or vice versa in Excel.

Method 1: convert comma to dot in excel by using the Find & Select Tool.

Step 1: Open the Excel spreadsheet you need to update. Click on the Find & Select button. Click Replace from the menu.

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Step 2: A window will open with two fields. In the “Find what” field, type in a comma. In the “Replace with” field, type in a period/dot and vice versa if you want to change from dot to comma.

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Step 3: Click Replace you will see the change with data. Or Replace all to replace every comma in the document with a period/dot.

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Method 2: Changing Number Separators

Step 1: Open the Excel spreadsheet you need to update. Click File in the top left corner. Then select Options in the bottom left corner.

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Step 2: Click Advanced in the menu on the left. A window of Excel Options will pop up that has another menu along the left side. Uncheck the Use system separators box.

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Step 3: Update the Decimal separator and Thousands separator fields as necessary. Depending on what your defaults are, one of these fields should have a comma in it. Replace it with a period/dot and click “OK” at the bottom of the window to complete the change.

Basically, the operation to change the dot to a comma on Excel with the versions is the same, you also need to remove the automatic separation of the system and then adjust it according to your needs We can use the same type of separator or two types of markers at the same time. Hope this article will be useful for you, wish you success!

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Changing commas to decimals and vice versa by changing Excel Options

  1. Click the File tab in the Ribbon.
  2. Click Options.
  3. In the categories on the left, click Advanced.
  4. Uncheck Use system separators in the Editing area.
  5. In the Decimal separator box, enter the desired character such as a decimal or period (.).

How do you change a comma to a dot?

To change regional settings,

  1. go to Start > Control Panel > Regional and Language Options | Windows 10 (Start >type Control Panel and press enter > Region)
  2. Click Additional Settings.
  3. For Decimal Symbol, enter a dot: .
  4. For List Separator, enter a comma: ,

How do I change commas to dots in Excel for Mac?

For Mac OS version 10.7. 4, please follow these instructions:

  1. Close the Excel application.
  2. Click on the Apple button.
  3. Select System Preferences.
  4. Select Text and Language.
  5. Click on Formats.
  6. Under Numbers select Customize.
  7. Change the Decimal separator from a comma (,) to a full stop (.)
  8. Then click on Ok/Save.

How do you change decimal format in Excel?

Use the Increase Decimal and Decrease Decimal Buttons

  1. Open Excel to your current worksheet.
  2. Select the cells you want to format.
  3. On the Home tab, select Increase Decimal or Decrease Decimal to show more or fewer digits after the decimal point. …
  4. Your new decimal places setting is now in effect.

How do I change the default decimal places in Excel?

You can set a default decimal point for numbers in Excel Options.

  1. Click Options (Excel 2010 to Excel 2016), or the Microsoft Office Button. …
  2. In the Advanced category, under Editing options, select the Automatically insert a decimal point check box.

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How do I change the comma in Excel to dot?

Changing commas to decimals and vice versa by changing Excel Options

  1. Click the File tab in the Ribbon.
  2. Click Options.
  3. In the categories on the left, click Advanced.
  4. Uncheck Use system separators in the Editing area.
  5. In the Decimal separator box, enter the desired character such as a decimal or period (.).

How do I change the comma on Mac to dot on numeric keyboard?

To change the comma, that appears when using the numeric pad, in a dot, I just press Shift at the same time.

How do I change a comma to a point in Excel?

Click File > Options, then in the Excel Options dialog, click Advanced from left pane, then in the right section, the Editing options group, uncheck Use system separator, then type comma into the Decimal separator box to instead of the decimal point, and type decimal point to the Thousand separator box to replace the …

How do I change Decimal separator in Windows?

Click Windows/Start and select Control Panel. Select Region and Language and click on the Formats tab. Click on Additional Setting and locate the List Separator. Change the Decimal separator from a full stop (.) to a comma (,).

How do I change commas to dots in PowerPoint?

Unfortunately, you cannot change the decimal separator just for PowerPoint. PowerPoint uses the separators defined in the operating system for the language region. Changing them requires changes that are permanent and system-wide.

How do I convert text to number in a cell?

Use Paste Special and Multiply

Select the cells that have numbers stored as text. On the Home tab, click Paste > Paste Special. Click Multiply, and then click OK. Excel multiplies each cell by 1, and in doing so, converts the text to numbers.

How do I change the numeric settings on my keyboard?

Go to Start, then select Settings > Ease of Access > Keyboard, and then move the slider under On-Screen Keyboard. A keyboard appears on the screen. Click Options and check Turn on numeric keypad and click OK.

How do you make a decimal on the keyboard?

Selecting Increase Decimal or Decrease Decimal using the keyboard

  1. Select a cell or cell range containing numbers.
  2. Press Alt. Key tips appear in the Ribbon.
  3. Press H to access the Home tab. Do not press Shift.
  4. Press 0 (zero) to apply Increase Decimal. Press 9 to apply Decrease Decimal.

How do you round a number to 2 decimal places?

Rounding to decimal places

  1. look at the first digit after the decimal point if rounding to one decimal place or the second digit for two decimal places.
  2. draw a vertical line to the right of the place value digit that is required.
  3. look at the next digit.
  4. if it’s 5 or more, increase the previous digit by one.

What is the Rounddown function in Excel?

ROUNDDOWN behaves like ROUND, except that it always rounds a number down. If num_digits is greater than 0 (zero), then number is rounded down to the specified number of decimal places. If num_digits is 0, then number is rounded down to the nearest integer.

How do I convert text to numbers in Excel?

Convert Text to Numbers Using ‘Convert to Number’ Option

  1. Select all the cells that you want to convert from text to numbers.
  2. Click on the yellow diamond shape icon that appears at the top right. From the menu that appears, select ‘Convert to Number’ option.

What is the shortcut to convert to number in Excel?

Alt + D , E , F . The text numbers are converted to numbers. You are actually doing a default Text to Columns with this shortcut.

How do I convert a column of text to numbers in Excel?

Convert numbers to text in Excel with Text to Columns wizard

  1. Select the column where you want to convert numbers to string in Excel.
  2. Navigate to the Data tab in and click on the Text to Columns icon.
  3. Just click through steps 1 and 2. …
  4. Press Finish to see your numbers immediately turn into text.

How do I change the number format in PowerPoint?

To modify a numbered list:

  1. Select an existing list you want to format.
  2. On the Home tab, click the Numbering drop-down arrow. Clicking the Numbering drop-down arrow.
  3. Select the desired numbering option from the menu that appears. Selecting a numbering option.
  4. The numbering option will appear in the list.

How do I change the number format in a PowerPoint chart?

Within the Data Labels menu select Data Label Options as shown in Figure 2. Alternatively, select the Data Labels for a Data Series in your chart and right-click (Ctrl+click) to bring up a contextual menu — from this menu, choose the Format Data Labels option as shown in Figure 3.

How do I change the decimal point in PowerPoint?

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  1. Right-click on a data label and choose Format Data Labels. The Format Data Labels pane opens.
  2. Label Options should be selected by default.
  3. Expand the Number section.
  4. Change Category to Number and set Decimal places you want.

How do I remove commas in Excel?

Using Formula to Remove Commas from Text

  1. Create a new blank column next to the one containing cells with the commas.
  2. Select the first cell of the blank column and insert the formula: =SUBSTITUTE(G3,»,»,»»)
  3. Press the Return key on your keyboard.

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  1. 4 methods to change comma to decimal point in Excel
  2. How to change decimal point to comma in Excel?
  3. Method 1: converting decimal point to comma in Excel through Notepad
  4. Method 2: temporary change of Excel settings
  5. Method 3: temporary change of Windows system settings
  6. Method 4: using find and replace function in Excel
  7. Change the decimal point to a comma or vice versa
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4 methods to change comma to decimal point in Excel

The use of a decimal point instead of a comma can lead to significant consequences in Excel calculations. These mistakes most frequently occur when data are imported into the spreadsheet from other sources.

If a decimal point is used instead of a comma in fractions, the program automatically perceives them as a text data type. Therefore, before doing mathematical calculations and computations you should format and prepare imported data.

How to change decimal point to comma in Excel?

Highlight and copy data from the spreadsheet given below:

Currency pair Conversion Sale Purchase Spread
1 EUR/USD 1 1,1347 1,1350 0,0003
2 GBP/USD 1 1,5438 1,5442 0,0004
3 USD/CHF 1 0,9543 0,9547 0,0004
4 USD/JPY 100 1,1948 1,1945 -0,0003

Now go to the worksheet and right-click cell A1. Select «Paste Special» option in the appeared shortcut menu. In the dialog box select «Unicode Text» and click OK.

As you can see, Excel recognizes only those numbers, which are located in column C. Values in this column are right aligned. In other columns values are left aligned. In all cells the format is «General» by default.

Note. If you copy data from other sources without Paste Special, format is copied together with other data. In this case «General» format of cells (by default) can be changed, making it impossible to distinguish visually whether the number or the text has been recognized.

All further actions should be performed on a blank worksheet. Delete everything from the sheet and open a new one for further work.

To convert decimal point to comma in imported data you can use 4 methods:

Method 1: converting decimal point to comma in Excel through Notepad

Windows Notepad doesn’t require applying complicated settings or functions. It is merely an intermediary in copying and preparing data.

  1. Copy the data from the original spreadsheet on this page. Open Windows Notepad («Start» — «All programs» — «Standard» — «Notepad») and paste the copied data into it for preparation.
  2. Select «Replace» option in «Edit» menu (or use a combination of hot keys CTRL + H). In the appeared dialog box, type decimal point (.) in «What» field and comma (,) in «With» field. Then click «Replace All» button.

Notepad program replaced all decimal points with commas. Now the data is ready for copying and pasting in the worksheet.

This is a rather simple, but very effective way.

Method 2: temporary change of Excel settings

Before you change a decimal point to a comma in Excel, correctly evaluate the set task. Perhaps it is better to make the program temporarily perceive a point, as a decimal separator in fractional numbers. In the settings you need to specify that in fractional numbers the separator is a decimal point instead of a comma.

To do this, open «FILE»-«Options»-«Advanced». You should temporarily uncheck «Used system separators» in «Editing options» section. Then remove a comma and enter a decimal point in «Decimal separator и Thousands separator» field.

After performing the calculations, you are strongly recommended to return the default settings.

Attention! This method works if you make all the changes before importing data, not after it.

Method 3: temporary change of Windows system settings

The principle of this method is similar to the previous one. But here you change the similar settings in Windows. You need to replace the comma with a decimal point in the settings of the regional operating system standards. Now, more details on how to do this.

Open «Start» — «Control Panel» — «Languages and Regional Standards». Click on «Advanced options» button. In the appeared window, make change in the first field «Delimiter of integer and fractional part» and enter the value you need. Then click OK and OK.

Attention! If you open this file on another computer where other system parameters of regional standards are set, you may experience computational problems.

Method 4: using find and replace function in Excel

This method is similar to the first one. Only here we use the same function from Notepad, but this time in Excel itself.

Applying this method, in contrast to the above mentioned ones, first insert the copied spreadsheet on a blank worksheet, and then prepare it for computations and calculations.

An important drawback of this method is the complexity of its implementation, if some fractional numbers with a decimal point after the insertion have been recognized as a date, and not as a text. Therefore, first get rid of the dates, and then deal with the text and the decimal points.

  1. Pre-select the columns where the fractional numbers with a decimal point as a separator will be located. In this case, these are three D: F columns.
  2. Set the text format of cells for the selected range to avoid the automatic conversion of some numbers to the date format. To do this, select the text format from the drop-down list on «HOME» tab in «Number» section. Alternatively, press CTRL + 1, select «Number» tab in the appeared «Format Cells» window, and select «Text» in «Category:» section.
  3. Copy the spreadsheet and right click on cell A1. Select «Paste Special» option in the shortcut menu. Select «Unicode text» and click OK. Note how the values in cells D2, D3, D5, E3, E2, E5, are now displayed in contrast to the very first spreadsheet copying.
  4. Click «HOME»-«Find and Select»-«Replace» tool (or press CTRL + H).
  5. In the window that appears, enter a decimal point in «Find what:» field, and a comma in the second «Replace width:» field. Then click «Replace All».
  6. Select 3 columns D: F again and change the format of the cells to «Number» (or press hot keys CTRL+SHIFT+1). Don’t forget to increase decimal as described in point 4.

All decimal points have been replaced with commas. The text has automatically converted to a number.

Instead of the 4th and 5th items, you can use in a separate column a formula with the following functions:

For example, select the range of cells G2: I5, enter this formula and press CTRL + Enter. Then move the cell values of G2: I5 range to D2: F5 range.

This formula finds a decimal point in the text with the help of =FIND() function. Then the second function changes it to a comma. And =VALUE() function converts the obtained result to a number.

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Change the decimal point to a comma or vice versa

If you simply need to replace comma to point, dot to comma, semicolon to comma, etc. in the Excel spreadsheet, check How to change comma to decimal point and vice versa in Excel.

To change Excel options for decimal separators, do the following:

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

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

3. In the appropriate fields, enter symbols you need for Decimal separator and for Thousands separator.

Note: Changing dot to the comma in the Decimal separator field also requires changes in the Thousands separator field. You can’t use a comma for both fields.

The English-speaking countries like the U.S., the U.K, and Australia decimal separators are different from the European countries’ decimal delimiters. The first ones use period, point, or dot as a decimal separator (17.96) and comma as a thousand groups delimiter (1,017.96). Others use the comma as a decimal separator (17,96) and quotation as a thousand groups delimiter (1’017,96). By default, Excel gets separator settings from Windows, and changing the Windows settings can break other applications, but advanced Excel options allow you to override the Windows settings.

Decimal separator settings are not specific for the current workbook and change number formats in all workbooks you open.

If you need to change system options, please see Change the semicolon to a comma or vice versa tip, which explains how to modify list separator in the Customize Format dialog in the system. The same dialog controls the Decimal symbol and the Digit grouping symbol settings.

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Замена запятой на точку в Microsoft Excel

Известно, что в русскоязычной версии Excel в качестве разделителя десятичных знаков используется запятая, тогда как в англоязычной – точка. Это связано с существованием различных стандартов в данной области. Кроме того, в англоязычных странах принято в качестве разделителя разряда использовать запятую, а у нас – точку. В свою очередь это вызывает проблему, когда пользователь открывает файл, созданный в программе с другой локализацией. Доходит до того, что Эксель даже не считает формулы, так как неправильно воспринимает знаки. В этом случае нужно либо поменять локализацию программы в настройках, либо заменить знаки в документе. Давайте выясним, как поменять запятую на точку в данном приложении.

Процедура замены

Прежде, чем приступить к замене, нужно для себя в первую очередь уяснить, для чего вы её производите. Одно дело, если вы проводите данную процедуру просто потому, что визуально лучше воспринимаете точку как разделитель и не планируете использовать эти числа в расчетах. Совсем другое дело, если вам нужно сменить знак именно для расчета, так как в будущем документ будет обрабатываться в англоязычной версии Эксель.

Способ 1: инструмент «Найти и заменить»

Наиболее простой способ выполнение трансформации запятой на точку – это применение инструмента «Найти и заменить». Но, сразу нужно отметить, что для вычислений такой способ не подойдет, так как содержимое ячеек будет преобразовано в текстовый формат.

    Производим выделение области на листе, где нужно трансформировать запятые в точки. Выполняем щелчок правой кнопкой мышки. В запустившемся контекстном меню отмечаем пункт «Формат ячеек…». Те пользователи, которые предпочитают пользоваться альтернативными вариантами с применением «горячих клавиш», после выделения могут набрать комбинацию клавиш Ctrl+1.

Программа выполняет процедуру трансформации запятых на точки в выделенном диапазоне. На этом данную задачу можно считать решенной. Но следует помнить, что данные, замененные таким способом будут иметь текстовый формат, а, значит, не смогут быть использованными в вычислениях.

Способ 2: применение функции

Второй способ предполагает применение оператора ПОДСТАВИТЬ. Для начала с помощью этой функции преобразуем данные в отдельном диапазоне, а потом скопируем их на место исходного.

  1. Выделяем пустую ячейку напротив первой ячейки диапазона с данными, в котором запятые следует трансформировать в точки. Щелкаем по пиктограмме «Вставить функцию», размещенную слева от строки формул.
  2. После этих действий будет запущен Мастер функций. Ищем в категории «Тестовые» или «Полный алфавитный перечень» наименование «ПОДСТАВИТЬ». Выделяем его и щелкаем по кнопке «OK».

Устанавливаем курсор на правый нижний край ячейки, в которой содержится функция. Появляется маркер заполнения в виде небольшого крестика. Зажимаем левую кнопку мыши и тянем этот крестик параллельно области, в которой нужно трансформировать запятые в точки.

  • Как видим, все содержимое целевого диапазона было преобразовано в данные с точками вместо запятых. Теперь нужно скопировать результат и вставить в исходную область. Выделяем ячейки с формулой. Находясь во вкладке «Главная», щелкаем по кнопке на ленте «Копировать», которая расположена в группе инструментов «Буфер обмена». Можно сделать и проще, а именно после выделения диапазона набрать комбинацию клавиш на клавиатуре Ctrl+1.
  • Выделяем исходный диапазон. Щелкаем по выделению правой кнопкой мыши. Появляется контекстное меню. В нем выполняем щелчок по пункту «Значения», который расположен в группе «Параметры вставки». Данный пункт обозначен цифрами «123».
  • После этих действий значения будут вставлены в соответствующий диапазон. При этом запятые будут трансформированы в точки. Чтобы удалить уже не нужную нам область, заполненную формулами, выделяем её и щелкаем правой кнопкой мыши. В появившемся меню выбираем пункт «Очистить содержимое».
  • Преобразование данных по смене запятых на точки выполнено, а все ненужные элементы удалены.

    Способ 3: Использование макроса

    Следующий способ трансформации запятых в точки связан с использованием макросов. Но, дело состоит ещё в том, что по умолчанию макросы в Экселе отключены.

    Прежде всего, следует включить макросы, а также активировать вкладку «Разработчик», если в вашей программе они до сих пор не активированы. После этого нужно произвести следующие действия:

    1. Перемещаемся во вкладку «Разработчик» и щелкаем по кнопке «Visual Basic», которая размещена в блоке инструментов «Код» на ленте.
    2. Открывается редактор макросов. Производим вставку в него следующего кода:

    Sub Макрос_трансформации_запятых_в_точки()
    Selection.Replace What:=»,», Replacement:=».»
    End Sub

    Завершаем работу редактора стандартным методом, нажав на кнопку закрытия в верхнем правом углу.

  • Далее выделяем диапазон, в котором следует произвести трансформацию. Щелкаем по кнопке «Макросы», которая расположена все в той же группе инструментов «Код».
  • Открывается окно со списком имеющихся в книге макросов. Выбираем тот, который недавно создали через редактор. После того, как выделили строку с его наименованием, щелкаем по кнопке «Выполнить».
  • Выполняется преобразование. Запятые будут трансформированы в точки.

    Способ 4: настройки Эксель

    Следующий способ единственный среди вышеперечисленных, при котором при трансформации запятых в точки выражение будет восприниматься программой как число, а не как текст. Для этого нам нужно будет поменять системный разделитель в настройках с запятой на точку.

    1. Находясь во вкладке «Файл», щелкаем по наименованию блока «Параметры».
    2. В окне параметров передвигаемся в подраздел «Дополнительно». Производим поиск блока настроек «Параметры правки». Убираем флажок около значения «Использовать системные разделители». Затем в пункте «Разделитель целой и дробной части» производим замену с «,» на «.». Для введения параметров в действие щелкаем по кнопке «OK».

    После вышеуказанных действий запятые, которые использовались в качестве разделителей для дробей, будут преобразованы в точки. Но, главное, выражения, в которых они используются, останутся числовыми, а не будут преобразованы в текстовые.

    Существует ряд способов преобразования запятых в точки в документах Excel. Большинство из этих вариантов предполагают изменение формата данных с числового на текстовый. Это ведет к тому, что программа не может задействовать эти выражения в вычислениях. Но также существует способ произвести трансформацию запятых в точки с сохранением исходного форматирования. Для этого нужно будет изменить настройки самой программы.

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