format cells that will show the data in parenthesis
I would like to format some cells that I put data into to be in ( ) Parentesis.. How do I do this?
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An example would have been very useful. Assuming it's negative numbers you want to parenthesize, use a custom format of: #,##0.00;(#,##0.00) Regards, Fred "Hoop" <Hoop@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:83F809EA-4095-421E-A77C-F4E8DAD85005@microsoft.com... >I would like to format some cells that I put data into to be in ( ) > Parentesis.. How do I do this?
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