tankerman,

D1 is the difference in percentage, I use =(A1-B1)/B1 and I get my % in
black or (red) which is fine but now the problem
how do I get around this.

try on D1 with a get around remarks.

=IF(B1=0,"item not handled this month",IF(A1=0,"item not handled last
month",(A1-B1)/B1))

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regards

"tankerman" wrote:

A1 is this month total
B1 is last months total
C1 is the difference, =A1-B1
This much I got
D1 is the difference in percentage, I use =(A1-B1)/B1 and I get my % in
black or (red) which is fine but now the problem

There are times we don't always handle a certain item so some months will
have a zero in either this month or last months calc and my % is all messed
up i get this #DIV/0 I think this means that you can not divide by zero but
how do I get around this.