Peru wrote:
i want to put a bracket round my negative numbers not a minus sign how do i
do this? As when I attempt to it automatically converts it to a minus sign

Interestingly, if you set your Windows format for negative numbers to
have a bracket round them, Lotus *automatically* takes that as default.
Microsoft Excel, produced by the same company that makes Windows does
NOT!!!!!!! Come on MS, do some joined-up thinking for once!

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