Apple Pages '09 - Manual (Page 208)

2 Choose Custom from the Cell Format pop-up menu in the Format pane of the
Table inspector.
Format field
Drag the elements to
the format field.
3 From the Type pop-up menu, choose Number & Text.
4 Define your number format by dragging the (blue) elements from the Number & Text
Elements box into the format field above the box.
When an element is in the format field, click its disclosure triangle and choose a
formatting option from the pop-up menu.
Click a disclosure triangle to
choose a formatting option.
Integers: Add this element when you want to format digits to the left of a decimal
point. See “Defining the Integers Element of a Custom Number Format” on page 209
for more information.
Currency: Add this element to display a currency symbol. To identify the symbol you
want to use, click the Currency element’s triangle and choose a symbol.
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