Don't put the formula in cell J2. You have to put it in a seperate cell.

*Circular reference error occurs when the formula refers to the value in the
cell your formula is in. Since the value is calculated after formula, and
formula needs value, this is called a circular refernce.*
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Luke M
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"jpriddy" wrote:

Maybe I'm not doing this correctly...The first data point is cell J2, with
6,476.52-

When I enter your formula, changing to J2, i get an error relating to a
circular reference.

"Luke M" wrote:

If first data point is in A2:
=IF(RIGHT(A2,1)="-",-VALUE(LEFT(A2,LEN(A2)-1)),VALUE(A2))

Formula checks for minus sign, if found, create negative number, if not
found, a positive number.
Copy formula down/across as desired. Then at end, I'd recommend copying the
cells with formula, and right-click/paste special "values" to where ever you
want to data to ultimatley go.
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Luke M
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"jpriddy" wrote:

I have a report uploaded to excel from a particular program used here at
work. In that program, negative numbers have the format of $###.00-, with
the minus sign at the end instead of the beginning. When the data comes over
to Excel the minus sign is still at the end of the number. I have been
manually moving the minus signs to the beginning in each cell which is very
time consuming. Is there a formula I can use in the Cell, Column and/or
Worksheet containing these numbers to globally change them at once?