Try this:

(General);(-General)
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HTH,

RD

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"david" wrote in message
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have got some cells with brackets around numbers.

format is "("General")"

cell A1 contains 4 which displays as (4)

cell A2 = 5 which displays as (5)

but it goes wrong when I calculate...

cell A3 = A1 - A2 which displays as -(1)

but I want it to display as (-1)

how do I get the minus sign inside the brackets?

thanks