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Can numbers be typed to automatically be negative in cells?
I am a new excel user.
I am doing a basic spread sheet. I would like to have cells formated so that when I type in a number it automatically is negative and appears red. Is this possible. I have not been able to ask "help" correctly to find it. Thanks |
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Can numbers be typed to automatically be negative in cells?
finn
Not without resorting to some event code to turn the numbers negative. Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range) On Error GoTo ws_exit: Application.EnableEvents = False If Not Intersect(Target, Me.Range("A1100")) Is Nothing Then With Target If .Value "" Then .Value = .Value * -1 .NumberFormat = "0.00_);[Red](0.00)" End If End With End If ws_exit: Application.EnableEvents = True End Sub This is worksheet event code. Right-click on the sheet tab and "View Code". Copy/paste into that module. NOTE: the Me.Range can be altered to what you wish. Maybe a simpler way would be to not use the event code and just enter the numbers as positive then put -1 in an empty cell. Copy that cell, select your range of numbers and Paste SpecialMultiplyOKEsc. Format to negative red using FormatCellsNumberNumberNegative numbers. Gord Dibben Excel MVP Gord Dibben Excel MVP On Thu, 8 Dec 2005 13:21:02 -0800, "finnplan" wrote: I am a new excel user. I am doing a basic spread sheet. I would like to have cells formated so that when I type in a number it automatically is negative and appears red. Is this possible. I have not been able to ask "help" correctly to find it. Thanks |
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