thanks for the help but my version of excel doesn't offer brackets as an
option in the number category, however I went to "Custom" and found the
brackets there.

thanks again and regards.
"davesexcel" wrote:


right click one the cell and select format cells,
select number tab, and the number catagory,
select the format you require


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