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Default Convert a column of numbers from positive to negative in Excel

Type -1 in a cell, then copy that cell.

Then select the range of numbers to change.

Menu EditPasteSpecial

Click Multiply, then OK

Clear the cell with -1

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Excel 2003. We would like to copy a column of numbers and then convert the
whole column (each number in the column) from positive to negative. Can

this
be done?