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    formatting trouble

    This is what I've typed in the box.... =E26-F26 &" to " &E26+F26

    This is what it spits out..... -1.17075733089629 to 0.933302652016837

    This is what I want it to spit out .... -$1.17 to $0.93

    I can't seem to format the box... probably because the text is in there?

    Help.

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    Re: formatting trouble

    hi. you can't format it because it is now a text. even without the " to ", using the ampersand or concatenate makes it a text. so:
    =TEXT(E26-F26,"$#,##0.00") &" to " &TEXT(E26+F26,"$#,##0.00")

    or if you dont mind brackets for negatives:
    =DOLLAR(E26-F26,2) &" to " &DOLLAR(E26+F26,2)

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    Re: formatting trouble

    Hey thank you, but for some reason neither of those worked. I received an errors...

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    Re: formatting trouble

    wait where should I type this code into? the box or somewhere else?

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    Re: formatting trouble

    Replace your formula with the formula provided by benishiryo


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    Re: formatting trouble

    yeah I put benishiro's formula in and I got an error. where am i supposed to put it in? in the box right? I suck at this.

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    Re: formatting trouble

    In your profile please make it as Open Office instead of Excel 2003.

    Because both are seems to be similar but may have different methods and definitions.

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    Re: formatting trouble

    sure , I will

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