If there are no other invisible characters involved

=SUM(--(A1:A2))

entered with ctrl + shift & enter

or

=SUMPRODUCT(--(A1:A2))

entered normally

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Regards,

Peo Sjoblom

Excel 95 - Excel 2007
Northwest Excel Solutions
www.nwexcelsolutions.com
"It is a good thing to follow the first law of holes;
if you are in one stop digging." Lord Healey


"rkd" wrote in message
ups.com...

Hi,

Can anybody help me SUM the following two numbers *without* changing
the orginal cell contents? Excel sees them as text and the second
number is a minus number. I'd rather do this with regular formulae than
VBA, but I'll settle for either ;)


Thanks a mill.


$1,418.26
($2,189.74)
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-771.48