For the second part:

Format Cells... Number Accounting
gets you brackets around negative values

Format Cells... Number Custom General"*"
get you a star!
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Gary''s Student - gsnu200746


"Vanessa" wrote:

I am working on an accounting spreadsheet (income statement to be exact). I
need to put a little asterix or numbers (1 2 3) behind several of values in
the cells indicating that there is a footnote on the bottom. Now if I just
put * it assumes that it will be multiplying so does anyone know how to do
this€¦. Ive never done it before in Excel so I am just stuck right now€¦

Also, is there a way to display brackets ( ) around a number indicating that
it will be subtracted without making the number negative? Again this is for
an income statement€¦ Thanks