FIXED Function in Excel: Round and Format as Text

⏱ 1 min readUpdated 28 September 2026

TextLevel: IntermediateAvailable in: Excel 2007+

In this article
  1. Syntax
  2. Examples
  3. Example 1
  4. Related functions

FIXED rounds a number and returns it as text with or without thousands separators — good for sentences built from numbers.

Syntax

=FIXED(number, [decimals], [no_commas])
Argument What it means
no_commas TRUE to leave out separators.

Examples

Example 1

="Total due: "&FIXED(D20, 2)

Total due: 1,24,560.50 style text (separator style follows Windows settings).

TEXT · DOLLAR · ROUND

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