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How can I show a negitive figure in red within a cloumn where appropriate where i have budget and list of expenditure and income, balance

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Use conditional formatting. Select the cells you want to apply this effect to and then choose Conditional Formatting from the Format menu. Choose the "Cell Value" options, the "is less than" option and then "0" and then choose the formatting (e.g. bright red shading) you want to appear. Click on OK and try entering positive and negative figures into that cell to see the effect.


 

Excel tip:

Bracketed negative numbers

Often Excel users wish to display negative numbers in colour red and bracketed

Intstructions
Step1. Select Format > Cells menu options. Within Numbers tabsheet, select Category = Custom.
Step 2. Select a type such as #,##0;[Red]-#,##0;; that specifies a colour in square brackets.
Step 3. Amend as follows; #,##0;[Red](#,##0;;

Notes: Excel formatting featues are of the form
"Positive; Negative;Zero;Text" separated by semicolon.

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