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How do I make them all negative??
I have a column of numbers - some are postive numbers and others are negative
numbers. Ideally, I would like them all to be negative. If I multiply by -1, then the negatives would become postive.I could format cell, make all the negatives a different colour and then manualy change it - with 3000 entries that becomes tedious...Any ideas? Thanks |
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How do I make them all negative??
assuming the data is in A1:An
in B1, enter =-ABS(A1) copy that formula down select B1:Bn goto EditPastespecial click Values OK then delete column A -- HTH Bob Phillips (replace somewhere in email address with gmail if mailing direct) "RedLeader" wrote in message ... I have a column of numbers - some are postive numbers and others are negative numbers. Ideally, I would like them all to be negative. If I multiply by -1, then the negatives would become postive.I could format cell, make all the negatives a different colour and then manualy change it - with 3000 entries that becomes tedious...Any ideas? Thanks |
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How do I make them all negative??
use a simple if statement i.e.
=IF(A2<0,A2,A2*-1) |
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