I think the current (well, 1990's) terminology is "thinking out of the box".

"Off the wall thinking" is much nicer <bg.

Bob Phillips wrote:

It's a compliment. Off the wall thinking <bg

Bob

"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
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Thanks, er, I think. <vbg

Bob Phillips wrote:

I really don't know where you come up with them from <g

Bob

"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
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If I selected my cells, then ctrl-clicked on an empty cell (general
format),
then the statusbar showed the sum in general format.

Maybe you could try it as a workaround.

Steve wrote:

If I highlight several numbers in a column, Excel will indicate the
sum. But it always shows that sum as a positive number, even if
it's
actually negative. Is there any way to change this behavior?

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