I want to round numbers to millions, with one decimal point, and negative
numbers in black in parentheses. How do I do this?

##0.0,,;[Black](0.0,,)

--
HTH

Bob Phillips

(there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my addy)

"Ken W" wrote in message
...
I want to round numbers to millions, with one decimal point, and negative
numbers in black in parentheses. How do I do this?

Hi Ken
Rounding Numbers to Millions

To round a numbers to millions:

1. Press Ctrl+1 to open the Format Cells dialog box.
2. Select the Number tab, and from Category, select Custom.
3. In the Type box, enter the following Custom Formatting syntax:
#,##0,, ;[Red](#,##0,,);- ;

Result:
€¢ Original number: 5,645,625
€¢ The displaying formatted number: 6

Note: The number formatting syntax is:
Positive; Negative; 0; Text


"Ken W" wrote:

I want to round numbers to millions, with one decimal point, and negative
numbers in black in parentheses. How do I do this?