Changing formuals from Positive to negative

[relliman]

hi

I believe there is a way that you can change values on screen that are positive to negative or vice versa!!

I would be really grateful if someone could tell me how??!!!

[Peo Sjoblom]

Multiply with -1

=A2*-1

or you can put -1 in an empty cell, copy it, select the values (or
preferably a copied range of the values in case you need to go back to the
original for any reason), do edit>paste special and select multiply

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> I believe there is a way that you can change values on screen that are
> positive to negative or vice versa!!
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> I would be really grateful if someone could tell me how??!!!
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[PeterAtherton]

> I believe there is a way that you can change values on screen that are
> positive to negative or vice versa!!
>
> I would be really grateful if someone could tell me how??!!!
>
>
to change A1 in another cell use the formula =A1*-1 or use a macro, I have
not checked this but it should work ok.

Sub PosToNeg()
dim c

For each c in selection
If isnumeric(c) then
c.value = c*-1
end if
next

End Sub

Peter

[bpeltzer]

Yes, multiply by -1. But if you want to just change a whole group, you could
just type a -1 in some random cell and copy it (ctrl + C). Then select the
cells you want to change and Edit > Paste Special, select the 'multiply'
radio button and click OK.

"relliman" wrote:

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> hi
>
> I believe there is a way that you can change values on screen that are
> positive to negative or vice versa!!
>
> I would be really grateful if someone could tell me how??!!!
>
>
> --
> relliman
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[TJF]

=ABS() will return a positive number
=-ABS() will return a negative number

Hope this helps