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Coloring cells
I have a column of numbers. Some are positive and others are negative. I
would like to color "red" the cell with negative numbers and 'green' the positive numbers. Is this possible in either Excel 2007 or Excel 2003? Do I need a macro? OldEd |
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You just need Conditional Formatting.
See help on that subject. Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Thu, 3 Jun 2010 19:12:27 -0400, "OldManEd" wrote: I have a column of numbers. Some are positive and others are negative. I would like to color "red" the cell with negative numbers and 'green' the positive numbers. Is this possible in either Excel 2007 or Excel 2003? Do I need a macro? OldEd |
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Does this work in both Excel 2003 and Excel 2007?
OldEd "Gord Dibben" gorddibbATshawDOTca wrote in message ... You just need Conditional Formatting. See help on that subject. Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Thu, 3 Jun 2010 19:12:27 -0400, "OldManEd" wrote: I have a column of numbers. Some are positive and others are negative. I would like to color "red" the cell with negative numbers and 'green' the positive numbers. Is this possible in either Excel 2007 or Excel 2003? Do I need a macro? OldEd |
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hi
no. conditional formating should do it. in 2003 for neg numbers cell value is.... less than......0........pick red for pos number.. cell value is.... greater than......0........pick green but what if the value is zero?? the above doesn't address that. how about...... cell value is.... greater than or equal to......0........pick green you can format the entire column all a once. not really recommended that you do the "entire" column, just enough to cover your data. read up on CF in 07. that i'm not up on yet. Regards FSt1 "OldManEd" wrote: I have a column of numbers. Some are positive and others are negative. I would like to color "red" the cell with negative numbers and 'green' the positive numbers. Is this possible in either Excel 2007 or Excel 2003? Do I need a macro? OldEd . |
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Yes. Has worked since version 8 which is Excel 97
Gord On Thu, 3 Jun 2010 20:24:16 -0400, "OldManEd" wrote: Does this work in both Excel 2003 and Excel 2007? OldEd "Gord Dibben" gorddibbATshawDOTca wrote in message .. . You just need Conditional Formatting. See help on that subject. Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Thu, 3 Jun 2010 19:12:27 -0400, "OldManEd" wrote: I have a column of numbers. Some are positive and others are negative. I would like to color "red" the cell with negative numbers and 'green' the positive numbers. Is this possible in either Excel 2007 or Excel 2003? Do I need a macro? OldEd |
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Back to basics...
Use a custom number format similar to this: [Green]#,##0.00;[Red]-#,##0.00 Works in most all versions. -- Jim Cone Portland, Oregon USA Excel add-in: http://tinyurl.com/ExtrasXL "OldManEd" wrote in message ... I have a column of numbers. Some are positive and others are negative. I would like to color "red" the cell with negative numbers and 'green' the positive numbers. Is this possible in either Excel 2007 or Excel 2003? Do I need a macro? OldEd |
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On Thu, 3 Jun 2010 17:31:02 -0700, FSt1
wrote: but what if the value is zero?? the above doesn't address that. So, extend the set of definitions. See the "Add" button? The one at the bottom of the panel? how about...... cell value is.... greater than or equal to......0........pick green you can format the entire column all a once. not really recommended that you do the "entire" column, just enough to cover your data. read up on CF in 07. that i'm not up on yet. |
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good point but i prefere to limit the number of CF's as much as possible.
see my suggestion. i would guess it would be user preference. Regards FSt1 "Black Iccy" wrote: On Thu, 3 Jun 2010 17:31:02 -0700, FSt1 wrote: but what if the value is zero?? the above doesn't address that. So, extend the set of definitions. See the "Add" button? The one at the bottom of the panel? how about...... cell value is.... greater than or equal to......0........pick green you can format the entire column all a once. not really recommended that you do the "entire" column, just enough to cover your data. read up on CF in 07. that i'm not up on yet. . |
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On Thu, 3 Jun 2010 20:49:01 -0700, FSt1
wrote: good point but i prefere to limit the number of CF's as much as possible. see my suggestion. i would guess it would be user preference. Ummm, but you can only ever set 3 parameters/choices (in Office/Excel 97) ... max .. ever. How much of a limit makes you uncomfortable (rhetorical) -) Anyway, it fits the OP's requirements I'd guess. |
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