How to change negative to positive
 

I copy huge lists of numbers from worksheets e-mailed to me into worksheets
I'm working on. Some people key these as negative numbers. For my purpose,
I need them to be positive. I have been just retyping the whole list, but I
figure there has to be a way to do that much easier. But no matter how much
I search, I can't find anything. Can anyone help? I use Microsoft Excel
2000.

=ABS(A1), fill down as far as you need.

You can replace the original data by copying the new data and then Paste
Special, Values.

Be sure to make a copy of your workbook before you do this!

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Kind regards,

Niek Otten

Microsoft MVP - Excel


"Marshanann" wrote in message
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I copy huge lists of numbers from worksheets e-mailed to me into worksheets
I'm working on. Some people key these as negative numbers. For my
purpose,
I need them to be positive. I have been just retyping the whole list, but
I
figure there has to be a way to do that much easier. But no matter how
much
I search, I can't find anything. Can anyone help? I use Microsoft Excel
2000.