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Bangladeshi Currency Formatting and Amount-in-Words in Microsoft Excel

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Bangladesh Crore–Lakh format · ৳ / BDT currency display · English and Bangla amount in words · No VBA

Microsoft Excel normally uses the international thousands–millions grouping system. It also does not provide a built-in function for converting a monetary amount into words.

For financial documents in Bangladesh, however, we often need numbers in forms such as:

৳ 1,99,66,612.24

and, in words:

One Crore Ninety-Nine Lakh Sixty-Six Thousand
Six Hundred and Twelve Taka and Twenty-Four Paisa Only

or in Bangla:

এক কোটি নিরানব্বই লাখ ছেষট্টি হাজার
ছয়শ বারো টাকা এবং চব্বিশ পয়সা মাত্র

This guide shows how to do all three in Excel:

Format numbers using the Bangladeshi Crore–Lakh–Thousand grouping.
Add BDT or the ৳ Taka symbol without turning the number into text.
Convert an amount into words in English.
Convert an amount into words in Bangla.

Everything is done using Excel’s built-in formatting and worksheet formulas. No VBA, macros, or add-ins are required.

1. Format Numbers in Bangladeshi Crore–Lakh Style

Excel normally displays a large number using the international grouping convention:

99,999,999.99

In Bangladesh, the same number is normally written as:

9,99,99,999.99

The grouping is:

Crore | Lakh | Thousand | Units
 9 | 99 | 99 | 999.99

Excel can display this format while keeping the underlying cell as a normal numeric value.

Where to Paste the Custom Number Format

Select the cells containing the numbers.
Press Ctrl + 1.
Select the Number tab.
Select Custom from the Category list.
Click inside the Type box.
Delete the existing format shown there.
Paste the custom format given below.
Click OK.

For numbers with two decimal places, paste:

[>9999999]0","00","00","000.00;[>99999]#0","00","000.00;#,##0.00

For example:

99999999.99

will be displayed as:

9,99,99,999.99

Similarly:

12500000.50

will appear as:

1,25,00,000.50

and:

125000.75

will appear as:

1,25,000.75

The value stored in the cell is unchanged. Therefore, functions such as SUM, multiplication, division, sorting, filtering, and references to the cell continue to work normally.

Bangladeshi Number Format Without Decimal Places

If Paisa or decimal values are not required, use:

[>9999999]0","00","00","000;[>99999]#0","00","000;#,##0

For example:

99999999

will be displayed as:

9,99,99,999

2. Add the ৳ Taka Symbol or BDT

The same custom formatting technique can be used to add a currency identifier.

This allows Excel to display:

৳ 9,99,99,999.99

or:

BDT 9,99,99,999.99

while keeping the actual cell contents numeric.

Again, go to:

Ctrl + 1 → Number → Custom → Type

Display the ৳ Taka Symbol

Paste:

[>9999999]"৳ "0","00","00","000.00;[>99999]"৳ "#0","00","000.00;"৳ "#,##0.00

For example:

99999999.99

will display as:

৳ 9,99,99,999.99

The Bangladeshi Taka symbol is:

৳

You can copy the symbol directly from this page and paste it into Excel’s Custom Format box.

Display BDT Instead

If you prefer the currency abbreviation, use:

[>9999999]"BDT "0","00","00","000.00;[>99999]"BDT "#0","00","000.00;"BDT "#,##0.00

The same number will then appear as:

BDT 9,99,99,999.99

Taka Symbol Without Decimal Places

For whole-Taka values:

[>9999999]"৳ "0","00","00","000;[>99999]"৳ "#0","00","000;"৳ "#,##0

For example:

12500000

will display as:

৳ 1,25,00,000

BDT Without Decimal Places

Use:

[>9999999]"BDT "0","00","00","000;[>99999]"BDT "#0","00","000;"BDT "#,##0

which displays:

BDT 1,25,00,000

These formatting codes affect only how the value is displayed. They do not add text to the actual cell value.

3. Convert Taka and Paisa into Words in English

Excel does not have a built-in NUMBERTOWORDS() or equivalent currency function.

Modern versions of Excel, however, support LET and LAMBDA, which allow the entire conversion routine to be contained inside a single formula.

No Name Manager configuration or VBA code is required.

Requirements

You need a version of Excel that supports both:

LET
LAMBDA

A simple test for LAMBDA support is:

=LAMBDA(x,x)(1)

If Excel returns:

then LAMBDA is available.

English Amount-in-Words Formula

Suppose the amount is stored in cell:

A1

Paste the following formula into another cell:

=LET(
amount,A1,
wordTwo,LAMBDA(n,
 LET(
 x,INT(n),
 u,LAMBDA(k,CHOOSE(k+1,
 "Zero","One","Two","Three","Four","Five","Six","Seven","Eight","Nine",
 "Ten","Eleven","Twelve","Thirteen","Fourteen","Fifteen","Sixteen",
 "Seventeen","Eighteen","Nineteen")),
 tens,INT(x/10),
 ones,MOD(x,10),
 tt,IF(tens=2,"Twenty",
 IF(tens=3,"Thirty",
 IF(tens=4,"Forty",
 IF(tens=5,"Fifty",
 IF(tens=6,"Sixty",
 IF(tens=7,"Seventy",
 IF(tens=8,"Eighty",
 IF(tens=9,"Ninety","")))))))),
 IF(x<20,
 u(x),
 IF(ones=0,
 tt,
 tt&"-"&u(ones)
 )
 )
 )
),
wordThree,LAMBDA(n,
 LET(
 x,INT(n),
 h,INT(x/100),
 remainder,MOD(x,100),
 TRIM(
 IF(h=0,"",wordTwo(h)&" Hundred")&
 IF(AND(h>0,remainder>0)," and ","")&
 IF(remainder=0,"",wordTwo(remainder))
 )
 )
),
negativeAmount,amount<0,
totalPaisa,ROUND(ABS(amount)*100,0),
takaAmount,QUOTIENT(totalPaisa,100),
paisaAmount,MOD(totalPaisa,100),
croreAmount,INT(takaAmount/10000000),
remainderCrore,MOD(takaAmount,10000000),
lakhAmount,INT(remainderCrore/100000),
remainderLakh,MOD(remainderCrore,100000),
thousandAmount,INT(remainderLakh/1000),
balanceAmount,MOD(remainderLakh,1000),
takaText,TRIM(
 IF(croreAmount>0,wordThree(croreAmount)&" Crore ","")&
 IF(lakhAmount>0,wordThree(lakhAmount)&" Lakh ","")&
 IF(thousandAmount>0,wordThree(thousandAmount)&" Thousand ","")&
 IF(balanceAmount>0,wordThree(balanceAmount),"")
),
paisaText,IF(paisaAmount=0,""," and "&wordTwo(paisaAmount)&" Paisa"),
signText,IF(negativeAmount,"Minus ",""),
IF(
 takaAmount=0,
 signText&"Zero Taka"&IF(paisaAmount=0," Only",paisaText&" Only"),
 signText&takaText&" Taka"&IF(paisaAmount=0," Only",paisaText&" Only")
)
)

If your amount is stored somewhere else, simply change:

amount,A1,

For example, if the amount is in G13, use:

amount,G13,

The rest of the formula can remain unchanged.

English Examples

If A1 contains:

19966612.24

the formula returns:

One Crore Ninety-Nine Lakh Sixty-Six Thousand Six Hundred and Twelve Taka and Twenty-Four Paisa Only

Some additional examples:

Amount	Output
`100.00`	One Hundred Taka Only
`1250.00`	One Thousand Two Hundred and Fifty Taka Only
`55000.00`	Fifty-Five Thousand Taka Only
`125000.75`	One Lakh Twenty-Five Thousand Taka and Seventy-Five Paisa Only
`10000000`	One Crore Taka Only
`0.75`	Zero Taka and Seventy-Five Paisa Only
`-12.50`	Minus Twelve Taka and Fifty Paisa Only

Why `totalPaisa` Is Calculated First

The formula first converts the complete amount into Paisa:

totalPaisa,ROUND(ABS(amount)*100,0)

It then separates Taka and Paisa using:

takaAmount,QUOTIENT(totalPaisa,100)

and:

paisaAmount,MOD(totalPaisa,100)

This avoids floating-point rounding situations in which a value close to the next Taka could otherwise produce an invalid result such as:

100 Paisa

4. Convert Taka and Paisa into Words in Bangla

The same approach can be used to produce the complete amount in Bangla.

For example:

becomes:

পঞ্চান্ন হাজার টাকা মাত্র

and:

19966612.24

becomes:

এক কোটি নিরানব্বই লাখ ছেষট্টি হাজার ছয়শ বারো টাকা এবং চব্বিশ পয়সা মাত্র

The formula below contains the Bangla words for the numbers from 0 to 99 and then constructs hundreds, thousands, lakhs, and crores from them.

Bangla Amount-in-Words Formula

If the amount is stored in A1, paste:

=LET(
amount,A1,

wordTwo,LAMBDA(n,
 CHOOSE(INT(n)+1,
 "শূন্য",
 "এক",
 "দুই",
 "তিন",
 "চার",
 "পাঁচ",
 "ছয়",
 "সাত",
 "আট",
 "নয়",
 "দশ",
 "এগারো",
 "বারো",
 "তেরো",
 "চৌদ্দ",
 "পনেরো",
 "ষোল",
 "সতেরো",
 "আঠারো",
 "উনিশ",
 "বিশ",
 "একুশ",
 "বাইশ",
 "তেইশ",
 "চব্বিশ",
 "পঁচিশ",
 "ছাব্বিশ",
 "সাতাশ",
 "আটাশ",
 "ঊনত্রিশ",
 "ত্রিশ",
 "একত্রিশ",
 "বত্রিশ",
 "তেত্রিশ",
 "চৌত্রিশ",
 "পঁয়ত্রিশ",
 "ছত্রিশ",
 "সাঁইত্রিশ",
 "আটত্রিশ",
 "ঊনচল্লিশ",
 "চল্লিশ",
 "একচল্লিশ",
 "বিয়াল্লিশ",
 "তেতাল্লিশ",
 "চুয়াল্লিশ",
 "পঁয়তাল্লিশ",
 "ছেচল্লিশ",
 "সাতচল্লিশ",
 "আটচল্লিশ",
 "ঊনপঞ্চাশ",
 "পঞ্চাশ",
 "একান্ন",
 "বাহান্ন",
 "তিপ্পান্ন",
 "চুয়ান্ন",
 "পঞ্চান্ন",
 "ছাপ্পান্ন",
 "সাতান্ন",
 "আটান্ন",
 "ঊনষাট",
 "ষাট",
 "একষট্টি",
 "বাষট্টি",
 "তেষট্টি",
 "চৌষট্টি",
 "পঁয়ষট্টি",
 "ছেষট্টি",
 "সাতষট্টি",
 "আটষট্টি",
 "ঊনসত্তর",
 "সত্তর",
 "একাত্তর",
 "বাহাত্তর",
 "তিয়াত্তর",
 "চুয়াত্তর",
 "পঁচাত্তর",
 "ছিয়াত্তর",
 "সাতাত্তর",
 "আটাত্তর",
 "ঊনআশি",
 "আশি",
 "একাশি",
 "বিরাশি",
 "তিরাশি",
 "চুরাশি",
 "পঁচাশি",
 "ছিয়াশি",
 "সাতাশি",
 "আটাশি",
 "ঊননব্বই",
 "নব্বই",
 "একানব্বই",
 "বিরানব্বই",
 "তিরানব্বই",
 "চুরানব্বই",
 "পঁচানব্বই",
 "ছিয়ানব্বই",
 "সাতানব্বই",
 "আটানব্বই",
 "নিরানব্বই"
 )
),

wordThree,LAMBDA(n,
 LET(
 x,INT(n),
 hundreds,INT(x/100),
 remainder,MOD(x,100),

 hundredText,
 CHOOSE(hundreds+1,
 "",
 "একশ",
 "দুইশ",
 "তিনশ",
 "চারশ",
 "পাঁচশ",
 "ছয়শ",
 "সাতশ",
 "আটশ",
 "নয়শ"
 ),

 TRIM(
 hundredText&
 IF(AND(hundreds>0,remainder>0)," ","")&
 IF(remainder=0,"",wordTwo(remainder))
 )
 )
),

negativeAmount,amount<0,
totalPaisa,ROUND(ABS(amount)*100,0),

takaAmount,QUOTIENT(totalPaisa,100),
paisaAmount,MOD(totalPaisa,100),

croreAmount,INT(takaAmount/10000000),
remainderCrore,MOD(takaAmount,10000000),

lakhAmount,INT(remainderCrore/100000),
remainderLakh,MOD(remainderCrore,100000),

thousandAmount,INT(remainderLakh/1000),
balanceAmount,MOD(remainderLakh,1000),

takaText,TRIM(
 IF(croreAmount>0,wordThree(croreAmount)&" কোটি ","")&
 IF(lakhAmount>0,wordThree(lakhAmount)&" লাখ ","")&
 IF(thousandAmount>0,wordThree(thousandAmount)&" হাজার ","")&
 IF(balanceAmount>0,wordThree(balanceAmount),"")
),

paisaText,
IF(
 paisaAmount=0,
 "",
 " এবং "&wordTwo(paisaAmount)&" পয়সা"
),

signText,
IF(negativeAmount,"ঋণাত্মক ",""),

IF(
 takaAmount=0,
 signText&
 "শূন্য টাকা"&
 IF(
 paisaAmount=0,
 " মাত্র",
 paisaText&" মাত্র"
 ),

 signText&
 takaText&
 " টাকা"&
 IF(
 paisaAmount=0,
 " মাত্র",
 paisaText&" মাত্র"
 )
)
)

As with the English version, change:

amount,A1,

to the appropriate cell reference if necessary.

For example:

amount,G13,

Bangla Examples

Amount	Output
`100`	একশ টাকা মাত্র
`1250`	এক হাজার দুইশ পঞ্চাশ টাকা মাত্র
`55000`	পঞ্চান্ন হাজার টাকা মাত্র
`125000`	এক লাখ পঁচিশ হাজার টাকা মাত্র
`10000000`	এক কোটি টাকা মাত্র
`19966612.24`	এক কোটি নিরানব্বই লাখ ছেষট্টি হাজার ছয়শ বারো টাকা এবং চব্বিশ পয়সা মাত্র
`0.75`	শূন্য টাকা এবং পঁচাত্তর পয়সা মাত্র
`-1250.50`	ঋণাত্মক এক হাজার দুইশ পঞ্চাশ টাকা এবং পঞ্চাশ পয়সা মাত্র

The Bangla formula intentionally uses natural Bangla constructions.

For example:

is written as:

ছয়শ বারো

rather than attempting to translate the English phrase “Six Hundred and Twelve” literally.

Similarly:

55,000

becomes:

পঞ্চান্ন হাজার

5. Putting Everything Together

Suppose A1 contains:

19966612.24

Using the custom number format:

[>9999999]"৳ "0","00","00","000.00;[>99999]"৳ "#0","00","000.00;"৳ "#,##0.00

Excel displays the amount as:

৳ 1,99,66,612.24

The English formula can display:

One Crore Ninety-Nine Lakh Sixty-Six Thousand Six Hundred and Twelve Taka and Twenty-Four Paisa Only

while the Bangla formula can display:

এক কোটি নিরানব্বই লাখ ছেষট্টি হাজার ছয়শ বারো টাকা এবং চব্বিশ পয়সা মাত্র

A worksheet could therefore contain:

Amount:
৳ 1,99,66,612.24

Amount in Words:
One Crore Ninety-Nine Lakh Sixty-Six Thousand
Six Hundred and Twelve Taka and Twenty-Four Paisa Only

কথায়:
এক কোটি নিরানব্বই লাখ ছেষট্টি হাজার
ছয়শ বারো টাকা এবং চব্বিশ পয়সা মাত্র

This is particularly useful for:

invoices,
bills,
payment certificates,
purchase orders,
budgets,
financial statements,
audit documents,
vouchers, and
other official financial records.

Formula Limits

The formulas in this post use the following Bangladeshi units:

Crore
Lakh
Thousand
Hundred
Taka
Paisa

The Crore component is handled as a value from 1 to 999. Therefore, the formulas are intended for amounts below:

1,000 Crore

or:

10,00,00,00,000 Taka

For typical invoices, budgets, accounting documents, and institutional financial records, this range is generally more than sufficient.

If still larger values are required, the formulas can be extended with units such as Arab and Kharab.

A Note on Bangla Number Spellings

Some Bangla number words have more than one spelling in common usage.

The Bangla formula above uses one consistent set of spellings. Because all words from 0 to 99 appear explicitly inside the CHOOSE() function, individual spellings can easily be changed if a particular institutional or editorial convention is preferred.

For example, changing one entry in the list changes that spelling everywhere the formula is used.

Conclusion

Excel can be adapted quite effectively for Bangladeshi financial documents without using VBA.

With Custom Number Formats, a value such as:

19966612.24

can be displayed as:

৳ 1,99,66,612.24

while remaining a normal numeric value that can still be used in calculations.

Using LET and LAMBDA, the same value can also be converted directly into English:

One Crore Ninety-Nine Lakh Sixty-Six Thousand Six Hundred and Twelve Taka and Twenty-Four Paisa Only

or Bangla:

এক কোটি নিরানব্বই লাখ ছেষট্টি হাজার ছয়শ বারো টাকা এবং চব্বিশ পয়সা মাত্র

The entire solution is formula-based and requires no VBA, macros, or external add-ins.

This post was written with assistance from ChatGPT.

Bulk Add Users to Microsoft Teams Using PowerShell

Sat, 05 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Adding multiple users to a Microsoft Teams group manually can be tedious and error-prone, especially for large groups. As we use Teams to manage class, we need to add upto 35 students for each sessional class, 65 students for theory and 195 students if we want to add the entire batch in a team. Fortunately, we can automate this task using PowerShell simplifies the task, reducing time and mistakes. Also, it is not straight forward to export the list of members from a team to a Excel file.

I am releasing these two templates to make our lives easier:

In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to use PowerShell and Excel to bulk-add users to a Microsoft Teams group. You can also download the templates and directly use them:

Prerequisites

installed on your system.
Owner access to the Microsoft Teams where you will add members. (You need to create the teams using the Microsoft Teams desktop app or web interface)
Excel file (BulkAdd.xlsx) containing users’ email addresses and roles.

Step 1: Installing and Running PowerShell

Windows Users

Windows typically comes with PowerShell pre-installed. To open it:

Click Start and type PowerShell.
Right-click Windows PowerShell and choose Run as administrator.

If you need to install the latest PowerShell version, download it from the .

macOS/Linux Users

Download and install PowerShell from the official GitHub repository:

After installing, open the terminal and type pwsh to launch PowerShell.

Step 2: Install Necessary Modules

You need two modules: MicrosoftTeams and ImportExcel.

Open PowerShell as Administrator and run:

Install-Module MicrosoftTeams -Scope CurrentUser
Install-Module ImportExcel -Scope CurrentUser

Step 3: Prepare Excel Data

Download In the Data sheet, enter Batch, Department and Section. The roll number range should be automatically generated for departments with 195 students, and for other departments, you need to tweak the Sections sheet.

Step 4: PowerShell Script

Here’s the script that automates the bulk addition of users:

Unzip the file and extract the Teams-bulk-add.ps1 file, keep it in same folder as the excel file.

Modify the TeamDisplayName variable as your team’s name:

# Define Team display name
$TeamDisplayName = "EEE 416 (Jan 2025) B1 + B2"

# Ensure ImportExcel module is installed
if (!(Get-Module -ListAvailable -Name ImportExcel)) {
 Write-Host "ImportExcel module not found, installing..."
 Install-Module ImportExcel -Scope CurrentUser -Force
} else {
 Write-Host "ImportExcel module already installed."
}

# Ensure MicrosoftTeams module is installed
if (!(Get-Module -ListAvailable -Name MicrosoftTeams)) {
 Write-Host "MicrosoftTeams module not found, installing..."
 Install-Module MicrosoftTeams -Scope CurrentUser -Force
} else {
 Write-Host "MicrosoftTeams module already installed."
}

# Import required modules
Import-Module ImportExcel
Import-Module MicrosoftTeams

# Connect to Microsoft Teams
Write-Host "Connecting to Microsoft Teams..."
Connect-MicrosoftTeams

# Get Team Group ID
$team = Get-Team -DisplayName $TeamDisplayName

if ($null -eq $team) {
 Write-Host "No team found with display name '$TeamDisplayName'. Exiting script."
 exit
}

$groupId = $team.GroupId
Write-Host "Team '$TeamDisplayName' found. Group ID: $groupId"

# Read data from BulkAdd.xlsx (assuming file is in the same folder as script)
$scriptPath = Split-Path -Path $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition -Parent
$excelPath = Join-Path $scriptPath "BulkAdd.xlsx"

if (!(Test-Path $excelPath)) {
 Write-Host "File 'BulkAdd.xlsx' not found in script directory. Exiting script."
 exit
}

# Read the Excel sheet named "PowerShellData"
$data = Import-Excel -Path $excelPath -WorksheetName "PowerShellData"
Write-Host "Debugging imported data:"
$data | Format-Table

foreach ($row in $data) {
 $email = $row | Select-Object -ExpandProperty (Get-Member -InputObject $row -MemberType NoteProperty | Select-Object -First 1 -ExpandProperty Name)
 $role = $row | Select-Object -ExpandProperty (Get-Member -InputObject $row -MemberType NoteProperty | Select-Object -Skip 1 -First 1 -ExpandProperty Name)

 if ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($email) -or [string]::IsNullOrEmpty($role)) {
 Write-Host "Empty email or role found. Skipping..."
 break
 }

 Write-Host "Email: $email, Role: $role"

 #Add users to team (uncomment the following line to add users to the team)
 Add-TeamUser -GroupId $groupId -User $email -Role $role
}

Write-Host "Process completed."

Replace Your Team Display Name with your actual Microsoft Teams name where you want to add the members.

Step 5: Execute the Script

Save this script as Teams-bulk-add.ps1. Run it by opening PowerShell and executing:

Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser
.\Teams-bulk-add.ps1

If prompted about execution policy, type Y and hit Enter.
Log into Microsoft Teams after Running the script
Here is a screenshot of the script adding members to the team
Here is a screenshot of the teams after all 65 members added.

Step 6: Fetch Team Member list

Download

Modify the TeamDisplayName variable as your team’s name.

 1# Define Team display name
 2$TeamDisplayName = "EEE 416 (Jan 2025) B1 + B2"
 3
 4# Connect to Microsoft Teams
 5Write-Host "Connecting to Microsoft Teams..."
 6Connect-MicrosoftTeams
 7
 8# Get Team Group ID
 9$selectedTeam = Get-Team -DisplayName $TeamDisplayName
10
11if ($null -eq $selectedTeam) {
12 Write-Host "No team found with display name '$TeamDisplayName'. Exiting script."
13 exit
14}
15
16
17
18if (-not $selectedTeam) {
19 Write-Error "Team '$teamName' not found. Exiting script."
20 exit
21}
22
23# Get the members of the selected Team
24$members = Get-TeamUser -GroupId $selectedTeam.GroupId
25
26# Sort members by Email Address
27$sortedMembers = $members | Sort-Object User
28
29# Prepare data
30$memberDetails = foreach ($member in $sortedMembers) {
31 [PSCustomObject]@{
32 "Display Name" = $member.Name
33 "Email Address" = $member.User
34 "Role" = $member.Role
35 }
36}
37
38# Install ImportExcel Module if not already installed
39if (-not (Get-Module -ListAvailable -Name ImportExcel)) {
40 Install-Module -Name ImportExcel -Scope CurrentUser -Force
41}
42
43# Import the ImportExcel module
44Import-Module ImportExcel
45
46# Define Excel file name
47$excelFileName = ($selectedTeam.DisplayName -replace ' ','_') + "_TeamMembers.xlsx"
48
49# Export to Excel
50$memberDetails | Export-Excel -Path $excelFileName -AutoSize -WorksheetName "Team Members"
51
52Write-Host "Team members exported successfully to $excelFileName" -ForegroundColor Green

Run the script

Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser
.\Teams-getmembers.ps1

The script would create an excel file with all team members.

Conclusion

You’ve now automated the bulk addition of users into Microsoft Teams using PowerShell. This approach saves considerable time, especially when managing large teams.

Happy automating!

Note: I might update the script in the future, where it would check against the BIIS generated roll number list, and also automatically remove members that are not present in the BIIS list, but that might need further testing.

Excel Hacks

Fri, 07 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000

The more senior one gets, probably more useful Word and Excel becomes. It is helpful to quickly search Google to find a correct answer to a problem, but sometimes the first result points to a StackOverflow thread where someone simply says “Why don’t you google it?”. So, I am posting this blog article to make life easy for me (as well as whoever stumbles onto my website). It would be some helpful macros and functions that I find useful. Some of the functions should also work with Google Sheets without modification.

Bangladeshi Taka in Lakh and Crore in Excel

It is super annoying to see number formatted in Millions and Billions, where realistically, Lakh and Crore is more meaningful to Bangladeshi (and probably Indian) people. It is amazing that Microsoft does not have a default numbering format for us. Anyway, to get properly formatted lakh and excel formats, Go to the ribbon Home>Number>More Number Formats>Custom

Enter any of the following formats as suitable:

Positive Number only with paisa (1,15,000.00):

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

Positive Number only ignoring paisa (1,15,000):

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

Microsoft Excel | SAJID Lab

Bangladeshi Currency Formatting and Amount-in-Words in Microsoft Excel

1. Format Numbers in Bangladeshi Crore–Lakh Style

Where to Paste the Custom Number Format

Bangladeshi Number Format Without Decimal Places

2. Add the ৳ Taka Symbol or BDT

Display the ৳ Taka Symbol

Display BDT Instead

Taka Symbol Without Decimal Places

BDT Without Decimal Places

3. Convert Taka and Paisa into Words in English

Requirements

English Amount-in-Words Formula

English Examples

Why totalPaisa Is Calculated First

4. Convert Taka and Paisa into Words in Bangla

Bangla Amount-in-Words Formula

Bangla Examples

5. Putting Everything Together

Formula Limits

A Note on Bangla Number Spellings

Conclusion

Bulk Add Users to Microsoft Teams Using PowerShell

Prerequisites

Step 1: Installing and Running PowerShell

Windows Users

macOS/Linux Users

Step 2: Install Necessary Modules

Step 3: Prepare Excel Data

Step 4: PowerShell Script

Step 5: Execute the Script

Step 6: Fetch Team Member list

Conclusion

Excel Hacks

Bangladeshi Taka in Lakh and Crore in Excel

Why `totalPaisa` Is Calculated First