plus and minus sign in cells

Hi,
I think this is an easy one but beyond me! How can I format the cell
to show the result of a sum as a plus or minus (or positive and
negative)? It shows minus values by default but I cannot get it to
show a plus sign. I have tried the Format Cells/custom part with no
joy. example:

Cell B8 = 3
Cell C8 = 2

=SUM(B8-C8) gives me a "1" in cell D8, but I want it to show "+1"

and

Cell B11 = 4
Cell C11 = 5

=SUM(B8-C8) gives me a "-1" in cell D8, which is correct, however I
want this to appear in red


Grateful for any assistance.

Thank you.


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Something like

+#,##0;[Red]-#,##0;0

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"ivoryhunter" >
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>
> Hi,
> I think this is an easy one but beyond me! How can I format the cell
> to show the result of a sum as a plus or minus (or positive and
> negative)? It shows minus values by default but I cannot get it to
> show a plus sign. I have tried the Format Cells/custom part with no
> joy. example:
>
> Cell B8 = 3
> Cell C8 = 2
>
> =SUM(B8-C8) gives me a "1" in cell D8, but I want it to show "+1"
>
> and
>
> Cell B11 = 4
> Cell C11 = 5
>
> =SUM(B8-C8) gives me a "-1" in cell D8, which is correct, however I
> want this to appear in red
>
>
> Grateful for any assistance.
>
> Thank you.
>
>
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Hi ivoryhunter (not very PC)

In Custom format:

+#,##0;[Red]-#,##0

Regards

Steve

Thanks Bob and Steve.

Bob - this is spot on - thank you.


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