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Reversing Sign on Column of Data (Positive to Negative) (Negative to Postive)
I have frequent need to quickly reverse the sign on all data in a
column from positive to negative or negative to positive. For example, the column that contains the data I want to reverse sign on is Column A. So far my "caveman" approach has been to: 1. add a temporary Column B and copy down -1 for all rows for which column A has data 2. next create a temporary Column C and copy down the formula Column A * Column B for all rows for which Column A has data 3. next Copy Column C and do a Paste Special Values over Column A 4. finally, delele temporary Columns B and Column C. Is there an easier way to do this. Heard you could do using Paste Special and use the Operation Section. However, when I use muliply it simply squares the data. |
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Reversing Sign on Column of Data (Positive to Negative) (Negative to Postive)
Hi
see yur other post. you already received several answers P.S.: please don't multipost -----Original Message----- I have frequent need to quickly reverse the sign on all data in a column from positive to negative or negative to positive. For example, the column that contains the data I want to reverse sign on is Column A. So far my "caveman" approach has been to: 1. add a temporary Column B and copy down -1 for all rows for which column A has data 2. next create a temporary Column C and copy down the formula Column A * Column B for all rows for which Column A has data 3. next Copy Column C and do a Paste Special Values over Column A 4. finally, delele temporary Columns B and Column C. Is there an easier way to do this. Heard you could do using Paste Special and use the Operation Section. However, when I use muliply it simply squares the data. . |
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