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Default Brackets on negative percents.

Thanks Sean. YOU ROCK!

"Sean Timmons" wrote:

You can change the cell format.

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0.00%;(0.00%)





"Tracey C." wrote:

Hello,

I am trying to get brackets to appear on a negative percentage from a
formula. I know that I can retype it as '(2.1%) and it will show what
brackets correctly, but I am wondering if there is something in the formula
that can be added to display it correct.

=-(C15-C16)/ABS(C15)