Hi,
I am new to Excel and am amazed at its complexity!
Correct my vocabulary... but here is what I want to do.

I have a simple balance sheet summing the values of two columns: the
one negative and the other positive.
I want to format the numbers for the 'negative' column (with
parenthesis) in order that they will give me negative values.
What is the simplest "function?" I can write to quickly format all
those numbers at once?

thanks,
Mike


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If you click format in the menu and select cells, then number and in the
box you see 2 formats using parenthesis, select one of them depending on if
you want to change colour as well (US excel 2003 settings)

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Peo Sjoblom

Northwest Excel Solutions

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Portland, Oregon




"Mulepadre" wrote
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Hi,
I am new to Excel and am amazed at its complexity!
Correct my vocabulary... but here is what I want to do.

I have a simple balance sheet summing the values of two columns: the
one negative and the other positive.
I want to format the numbers for the 'negative' column (with
parenthesis) in order that they will give me negative values.
What is the simplest "function?" I can write to quickly format all
those numbers at once?

thanks,
Mike


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