Go into your Windows Regional Settings and then Customize. On the Currency
tab (not Number) select a Negative Currency format that has parens. Then
restart Excel.

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Jim
"Garry Siskos" <Garry wrote in message
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| There is no brackets on my negative numbers in excel. I have gone through
| the cell format, custom, accounting, or currency, choices, but none
exists.
| Can someone advise as to where to set this as a default setting?