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XL5: Negative Sign Doesn't Appear in Front of Custom Number
Last reviewed: September 12, 1996
Article ID: Q132969
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0c
  • Microsoft Excel for Windows NT, version 5.0
  • Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, versions 5.0, 5.0a

SUMMARY

Page 213 of the Microsoft Excel "User's Guide," version 5.0, contains the following information: 

   With this format                This number          Appears this way
   ---------------------------------------------------------------------

   #.00 "Cr";#,##.00 "Dep";0.0    -12.34               -12.34 Dep
This example is incorrect. The given format code will not put the negative sign in front of the number. To include a negative sign in front of the number, place a negative sign after the first semicolon as follows: 

   #.00 "Cr";-#,##.00 "Dep";0.0

KBCategory: kbusage kbdocerr
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Additional reference words: 5.00 5.00c



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Last reviewed: September 12, 1996
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