format cells that will show the data in parenthesis
 

I would like to format some cells that I put data into to be in ( )
Parentesis.. How do I do this?

format cells that will show the data in parenthesis
 

An example would have been very useful. Assuming it's negative numbers you
want to parenthesize, use a custom format of:
#,##0.00;(#,##0.00)

Regards,
Fred

"Hoop" wrote in message
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I would like to format some cells that I put data into to be in ( )
Parentesis.. How do I do this?