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In excell is it possible to change the colour of a number in a cell for
example if it goes negative?
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Look at FormatConditional Formatting and the available Help.

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If you look at Format/ Cells/ Number/ Custom, you will see formats like
#,##0;[Red]-#,##0 and you can change them to suit your requirements.
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FormatCellsNUmberNumberNegative Numbers.

Choose whatever option you wish.


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