When selecting Accounting as the number format, negative figures used to
appear in brackets. That is now no longer the case. Negative figures using
the Accounting format now appear with a minus in front. I have never used
any version of Excel other than Office XP.

Use custom format and

_($* #,##0.00_);_($* (#,##0.00);_($* "-"??_);_(@_)

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Peo Sjoblom

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"R. Earl R." <R. Earl wrote in message
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When selecting Accounting as the number format, negative figures used to
appear in brackets. That is now no longer the case. Negative figures
using
the Accounting format now appear with a minus in front. I have never used
any version of Excel other than Office XP.

Maybe....

Windows start button|settings|control panel|regional settings
(Or regional and language settings in winXP)

Regional Options tab, customize button in winxp

Currency Tab
change the negative currency format to show ()'s.

R. Earl R. wrote:

When selecting Accounting as the number format, negative figures used to
appear in brackets. That is now no longer the case. Negative figures using
the Accounting format now appear with a minus in front. I have never used
any version of Excel other than Office XP.

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Dave Peterson