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Default Negative Percentage in Parenthesis instead of with "-" sign

Format/ Custom:
0.0%;(0.0%)
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David Biddulph

"silversun62280" wrote in message
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How do you format a negative percentage to look like (5.2%) instead
of -5.2%
without formatting it as text. We need to be able to use it in a formula
and
when you format a number as text you cannot use it in a formula. Thanks!