Displaying Lakhs and Crores in Google Sheets

Question

I would like to use Google Sheets for its convenient global access, but I really need to display numbers in Lakh and Crore (Indian style) format to avoid confusion among managers.

150,000 should display as 1,50,000 and 12,000,000 should display as 1,20,00,000.

I tried setting the format to ##,##,##,000 but my number still displays as 12,000,000. I couldn't find anything in the docs.

Does anyone know of a way to accomplish this?

Answer 1

This works in Google Sheets for sure. Should work in Excel too.

With the appropriate cells selected, navigate to:

Google Sheets : Format -> Number -> More Formats -> Custom Number Format Excel : Format -> Cells -> Custom -> [Custom text box] 

Enter one of the following and Apply:

A] For Lakhs and Crores with the Rupee symbol and decimals

[$₹][>9999999]##\,##\,##\,##0.00;[$₹][>99999]##\,##\,##0.00;[$₹]##,##0.00 

B] For Lakhs and Crores with the Rupee symbol and without decimals

[$₹][>9999999]##\,##\,##\,##0;[$₹][>99999]##\,##\,##0;[$₹]##,##0 

C] For Lakhs and Crores without the Rupee symbol and with decimals

[>9999999]##\,##\,##\,##0.00;[>99999]##\,##\,##0.00;##,##0.00 

D] For Lakhs and Crores without both the Rupee symbol and decimals

[>9999999]##\,##\,##\,##0;[>99999]##\,##\,##0;##,##0 

Edit: I've tested these on both Google Sheets and Excel. Negative numbers work as well.