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From viewing the default accounting and currency cell formats, respectively, I note that the former/latter cannot/can be centered across a (single) column and that negative values do/don't appear with parentheses around them. Since my client wants centered values with parentheses (if negative), I need a hybrid of these two.
The formatting currently installed seems to be like an accounting format, so I can't center it. I'm not sure what it adds that the normal default accounting format doesn't have, but it seems OK except that I can't center it across a column. It is: _(* #,##0_);_(* (#,##0);_(* "-"??_);_(@_) In any event, can I edit this format, or modify a copy of it so as to be able to center it across a column? Thanks! Dean |
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_(* #,##0_);(#,##0);_(* "-"??_);_(@_) Removing the _(* in the second block will allow negatives to be centered. The same can be acheived in the other blocks. "Dean" wrote: From viewing the default accounting and currency cell formats, respectively, I note that the former/latter cannot/can be centered across a (single) column and that negative values do/don't appear with parentheses around them. Since my client wants centered values with parentheses (if negative), I need a hybrid of these two. The formatting currently installed seems to be like an accounting format, so I can't center it. I'm not sure what it adds that the normal default accounting format doesn't have, but it seems OK except that I can't center it across a column. It is: _(* #,##0_);_(* (#,##0);_(* "-"??_);_(@_) In any event, can I edit this format, or modify a copy of it so as to be able to center it across a column? Thanks! Dean |
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I am really sorry - you took me literally and I was not at all clear. I
want all values (not just negative ones) to be centered (as they typically can be with currency formatting). I also want negative values to have parenthesis, rather than being red font or with a negative sign, as in common with accounting formats. Kindly try again. Also, can you quickly tell me how to create a new custom format in EXCEL (I'll copy your string in the box, that much I can figure out)! Dean "Peter-d" wrote in message ... try _(* #,##0_);(#,##0);_(* "-"??_);_(@_) Removing the _(* in the second block will allow negatives to be centered. The same can be acheived in the other blocks. "Dean" wrote: From viewing the default accounting and currency cell formats, respectively, I note that the former/latter cannot/can be centered across a (single) column and that negative values do/don't appear with parentheses around them. Since my client wants centered values with parentheses (if negative), I need a hybrid of these two. The formatting currently installed seems to be like an accounting format, so I can't center it. I'm not sure what it adds that the normal default accounting format doesn't have, but it seems OK except that I can't center it across a column. It is: _(* #,##0_);_(* (#,##0);_(* "-"??_);_(@_) In any event, can I edit this format, or modify a copy of it so as to be able to center it across a column? Thanks! Dean |
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I think I figured it out, after learning that the first set is for positive
values, the next set is for negative vlaues. Thanks! Dean "Dean" wrote in message ... I am really sorry - you took me literally and I was not at all clear. I want all values (not just negative ones) to be centered (as they typically can be with currency formatting). I also want negative values to have parenthesis, rather than being red font or with a negative sign, as in common with accounting formats. Kindly try again. Also, can you quickly tell me how to create a new custom format in EXCEL (I'll copy your string in the box, that much I can figure out)! Dean "Peter-d" wrote in message ... try _(* #,##0_);(#,##0);_(* "-"??_);_(@_) Removing the _(* in the second block will allow negatives to be centered. The same can be acheived in the other blocks. "Dean" wrote: From viewing the default accounting and currency cell formats, respectively, I note that the former/latter cannot/can be centered across a (single) column and that negative values do/don't appear with parentheses around them. Since my client wants centered values with parentheses (if negative), I need a hybrid of these two. The formatting currently installed seems to be like an accounting format, so I can't center it. I'm not sure what it adds that the normal default accounting format doesn't have, but it seems OK except that I can't center it across a column. It is: _(* #,##0_);_(* (#,##0);_(* "-"??_);_(@_) In any event, can I edit this format, or modify a copy of it so as to be able to center it across a column? Thanks! Dean |
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