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7 Repeat steps 4 through 6 as needed to dene all your conditions.

Note: To remove a condition, click the Delete (–) button to the right of its format eld.

8 In the topmost format eld, dene the display format you want to use if a number

doesn’t meet any of the conditions.

You can use the Entered Text element to display predened text if a text value is

entered instead of a number. See “Creating a Custom Text Format” on page 217 for

more information.

9 In the Name eld, type a name for your number format, and then click OK to save it

and apply it to selected cells.

Custom format names are listed in the Cell Formats pop-up menu n the Format pane

of the Table inspector.

Creating a Custom Date/Time Format

To dene your own display format for date and time values in table cells:

1 Select one or more cells.

2 Choose Custom from the Cell Format pop-up menu in the Format pane of the

Table inspector.

3 From the Type pop-up menu, choose Date & Time.

4 Dene your date/time format by dragging the (blue) elements from the Date & Time

Elements box into the format eld above the box.

5 When an element is in the format eld, click its disclosure triangle and choose a

formatting item from the pop-up menu.

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