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    Insert a symbol in to a formula

    Hi, hope someone can assist, i want to add some arrow syimbols in to a formula, so that when the formula works out it shows an up arrow for higher or a down arrow for lower, i am using this formula at the moment because i dont know any better but it works, putting in the word up or down:

    I have entered the following formula in to a cell: =IF(S3<R3,"DOWN","UP") it works however i want to replace the word Down and up with the relevant arrows symbol. How do i do this?

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    Last edited by zol590; 05-27-2010 at 06:35 AM.

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    Re: Formula

    Try using

    =IF(S3<R3,6,5)

    and use a font of Webdings. You could also use conditional formatting to use different colours for up and down.

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    Re: Formula

    Hi, .

    if you format - for istance- the cell that contains your formula using wingdings 3, you could write something like

    =IF(S3<R3,6,5)

    to obtain down arrow (6) and up arrow (5)

    I'm sure Excel 2007 can offer wonderful way of formatting cells.

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    Using your standard format you could write directly in the formula something like.


    =IF(S3<R3,"▼","▲")


    If press ALT+31 you obtain ▼, ALT+30 is ▲

    Or ALT+25 is ↓ and ALT+24 ↑

    Just to give you a first answer.

    Regards

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    Re: Formula

    Thanks Bob, i will give this a try

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    Re: Formula

    Many thanks Canapone

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    Re: Formula

    I've tried this. It doesn't seem to work in excel 2007. Am I doing something wrong? Thanks.

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    Re: Insert a symbol in to a formula

    If you cant't get an arrow when you press ALT and type 24, you are probably not using the numeric keypad.

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