I'm trying to work something out and I am trying to find out if something is
possible...

Basically I do the losses and gains at work for various stocks - I manually
work out the losses and gains, recording them on a weekly basis.

The format is as follows.......

A B C
D E
Date Loss Gain
Net Result this week Result to Date
1
1/7/07 -50.00 -26.00 -
-26.00
2 8/7/07 -100.00 170.00
100.00 74.00
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

Is there a way that can treat the whole B column as Negative, rather than
having to input using a minus (-) sign .

I know it is a tiny problem - but is it possible ?

Many Thanks

DB:)

Do you mean that you want to enter 100 and have it automatically convert
to -100?

Will *every* number entered in column B be negative?

--
Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"DB" wrote in message
. uk...
I'm trying to work something out and I am trying to find out if something
is
possible...

Basically I do the losses and gains at work for various stocks - I
manually
work out the losses and gains, recording them on a weekly basis.

The format is as follows.......

A B C D
E
Date Loss Gain Net Result
this week Result to Date
1 1/7/07 -50.00 -26.00 - -26.00
2 8/7/07 -100.00 170.00 100.00
74.00
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

Is there a way that can treat the whole B column as Negative, rather than
having to input using a minus (-) sign .

I know it is a tiny problem - but is it possible ?

Many Thanks

DB:)

If Biff is correct about all of B being negative..............Jumping in here
with event code to make sure all entries in column B are negative no matter how
entered.

Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
Const WS_RANGE As String = "A:A"
Dim cell As Range

On Error GoTo ws_exit:
Application.EnableEvents = False
If Not Intersect(Target, Me.Range(WS_RANGE)) Is Nothing Then

If Left(Target.Value, 1) = "-" Then GoTo ws_exit
Target.Value = Target.Value * -1
cell.NumberFormat = "0;<0"
End If
ws_exit:
Application.EnableEvents = True
End Sub


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Fri, 6 Jul 2007 18:40:29 -0400, "T. Valko" wrote:

Do you mean that you want to enter 100 and have it automatically convert
to -100?

Will *every* number entered in column B be negative?

Maybe it would be easier to think of the ***loss*** in positive terms and
enter it without the minus sign. That way, when you calculate with it, you
can subtract the value in the Loss column from whatever instead of adding it
(because it is negative).

Rick



"DB" wrote in message
. uk...
I'm trying to work something out and I am trying to find out if something
is
possible...

Basically I do the losses and gains at work for various stocks - I
manually
work out the losses and gains, recording them on a weekly basis.

The format is as follows.......

A B C D
E
Date Loss Gain Net Result
this week Result to Date
1 1/7/07 -50.00 -26.00 - -26.00
2 8/7/07 -100.00 170.00 100.00
74.00
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

Is there a way that can treat the whole B column as Negative, rather than
having to input using a minus (-) sign .

I know it is a tiny problem - but is it possible ?

Many Thanks

DB:)

Why not custom-format it with a leading minus sign, but then actually
subtract it? Of course, if others use the workbook, they will be mightily
confused. :-)

[Red]-#,##0.00_)
__________________________________________________ _______________________


"DB" wrote in message
. uk...
I'm trying to work something out and I am trying to find out if something
is
possible...

Basically I do the losses and gains at work for various stocks - I
manually
work out the losses and gains, recording them on a weekly basis.

The format is as follows.......

A B C D
E
Date Loss Gain Net Result
this week Result to Date
1 1/7/07 -50.00 -26.00 - -26.00
2 8/7/07 -100.00 170.00 100.00
74.00
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

Is there a way that can treat the whole B column as Negative, rather than
having to input using a minus (-) sign .

I know it is a tiny problem - but is it possible ?

Many Thanks

DB:)

Many Thanks for the info..

Im sorted out now..

DB :))






"Vasant Nanavati" <vasantn AT aol DOT com wrote in message
...
Why not custom-format it with a leading minus sign, but then actually
subtract it? Of course, if others use the workbook, they will be mightily
confused. :-)

[Red]-#,##0.00_)
__________________________________________________ _______________________


"DB" wrote in message
. uk...
I'm trying to work something out and I am trying to find out if something
is
possible...

Basically I do the losses and gains at work for various stocks - I
manually
work out the losses and gains, recording them on a weekly basis.

The format is as follows.......

A B C D E
Date Loss Gain Net
Result this week Result to Date
1 1/7/07 -50.00 -26.00 - -26.00
2 8/7/07 -100.00 170.00 100.00
74.00
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

Is there a way that can treat the whole B column as Negative, rather than
having to input using a minus (-) sign .

I know it is a tiny problem - but is it possible ?

Many Thanks

DB:)