When you type a seven-or-ten-digit phone number into an Excel cell that uses the phone number format, Excel will automatically change the way the number looks so that it appears as a phone number.

Excel is well known for making personal and business accounting easier. Two tools that allow for this capability are the program's Currency and Accounting number formats, which—alongside many other ...

How to Change to Accounting Format in Excel. The accounting format in Microsoft Excel 2010 is very similar to the currency format---both display the currency symbol next to every number.