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title: "How many data formats are available in Excel? Name some of them."  
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# How many data formats are available in Excel? Name some of them.

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## Answers

### Answer by Hitesh Vohra

![How many data formats are available in Excel? Name some of them.](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/9f4d8835-afd3-4407-a76d-3d11b211c980/images/ce4ea2b7-02a7-410b-a725-388891c7b28f.jpeg) **\**

- **[Microsoft](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/95985/is-the-microsoft-edge-browser-unstable) Excel supports eleven different data formats** for data storage. Example:
- Number — This type of data is saved as a number.
- Currency - Stores information in the form of money.
- Date - Dates are used to store data.
- Percentage — This type of data is stored as a percentage.
- Text Formats — Saves information as a string of characters.
- Existing Excel workbook or worksheet with the**.xls extension.**
- Existing Excel workbook or worksheet with the**.xlsx extension.**
- Text file with the extension.csv that contains comma-separated values.
- Text file, usually with the extension.txt or.asc.
- This is the most popular and default form of extension in Microsoft Office spreadsheets.

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