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I have a spread sheet that instead of having -100 (negative 100), it shows
negaive 100 as 100-, is there anyway that I can convert this back to -100
faster by using a formular instead of typing it one by one, it's like 1000+
rows. Thanks.
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DataText to ColumnsNextNextAdvanced

Make sure "Trailing minus for negative numbers" is enabled then hit Finish.


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On Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:28:01 -0700, How to convert from 100- to -100 <How to
convert from 100- to wrote:

I have a spread sheet that instead of having -100 (negative 100), it shows
negaive 100 as 100-, is there anyway that I can convert this back to -100
faster by using a formular instead of typing it one by one, it's like 1000+
rows. Thanks.


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