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Default Conditional Formatting or ???

Your conditional formatting to get the correct colors should be good. But, to
get the exact formatting you're wanting for negative values, try using this
custom format on H2.
[Red][<0]($#,##0.00);General
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"brewster56" wrote:

For a currency calc., I make a comparison between 2 values. If one value is
greater than another - color = green. If same comparision yields no change -
then color = black, if comparison yields less than value - color = red (but
want to format using ($xxx.xx).

Here is calc I use in H2 : =IF(F2G2,E2*F2,E2*G2). E2;F2;G2 are all number
fields. E2;F2 contain actual numbers, while G2 contains the following
formula =C2-(C2*0.1).

I get it to work to a degree, but not perfectly. I get the red/green/black -
but NOT the ($xxx.xx) when red (less than) comparison.

Is it because of the formula I use if H2 ? Because the column right beside
it (I2) has the following formula and works perfectly =SUM(H2-D2). That is
the only real difference between the columns.