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When performing a calculation I want to change the colour of the cell to Red
if negative or Green if positive.
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hi,

use conditional format to do this.

go to menu format -- conditional format

Condition 1
Cell value is Less than 0
Format as you want,

condition 2
cell value is greather than or equal to 0
Format as you want

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When performing a calculation I want to change the colour of the cell to Red
if negative or Green if positive.

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Actually, it depends on how he wants to handle any 0 response. 0 isn't a
positive number.
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hi,

use conditional format to do this.

go to menu format -- conditional format

Condition 1
Cell value is Less than 0
Format as you want,

condition 2
cell value is greather than or equal to 0
Format as you want

hth




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regards from Brazil
Thanks in advance for your feedback.
Marcelo



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When performing a calculation I want to change the colour of the cell to Red
if negative or Green if positive.

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Two options:
Conditional formatting
or Format/ Cells/ Number/ Custom
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