Brackets or paranthesis around negative numbers in Excel

Does Excel have a format?

Try Custom format #,##0;(#,##0)

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"Lorne" <Lorne@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Does Excel have a format?

Format > Cell , on the Number tab select Number and choose the negative
number format.

You can also use Format, Cell and on the Number tab select Accounting.

"Lorne" wrote:

> Does Excel have a format?

Thanks Bernard. I'm new and you and Dav have opened a new door in Excel for
me.


"Bernard Liengme" wrote:

> Try Custom format #,##0;(#,##0)
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> Bernard V Liengme
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