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negative numbers
I am doing a demographic table, so negative numbers are nonsense, as in "five
negative people." The cell should revert from a negative number to zero and be incorporated as such in successive calculations, not merely show as zero but work in calculations as the original negative number. "-5=0", not -5 shows as zero but still functions as -5. macoute "JulieD" wrote: Hi Lisa if you mean "sum" as a total of a range of numbers =MAX(SUM(A1:A100),0) if you mean "sum" as a value, ie -200 then right mouse click on the cells choose format cell choose the number tab, click on custom on the left and in the box on the right type #,##0;\0 Note: this will only change the way they look .. .not the actual value. Cheers JulieD "Lisa" wrote in message ... How do I make negative sums show as a zero on my spreadsheet? |
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Did you try the formula you were given
The value displayed by a formula is also the value that will be used in further math operations that reference the cell with the formula best wishes -- Bernard V Liengme Microsoft Excel MVP http://people.stfx.ca/bliengme remove caps from email "macoute" wrote in message ... I am doing a demographic table, so negative numbers are nonsense, as in "five negative people." The cell should revert from a negative number to zero and be incorporated as such in successive calculations, not merely show as zero but work in calculations as the original negative number. "-5=0", not -5 shows as zero but still functions as -5. macoute "JulieD" wrote: Hi Lisa if you mean "sum" as a total of a range of numbers =MAX(SUM(A1:A100),0) if you mean "sum" as a value, ie -200 then right mouse click on the cells choose format cell choose the number tab, click on custom on the left and in the box on the right type #,##0;\0 Note: this will only change the way they look .. .not the actual value. Cheers JulieD "Lisa" wrote in message ... How do I make negative sums show as a zero on my spreadsheet? |
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