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Conditional formatting for positive/negative numbers

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    Conditional formatting for positive/negative numbers

    Hello. I would like to do conditional formatting for postive/negative numbers so that they appear with a +/- sign and positive numbers are green text and negative numbers are red text. Muito obrigado.

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    Re: Conditional formatting for positive/negative numbers

    for positive value =if(a1>0) format green

    for negative value = if(a1<0) format red
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    Re: Conditional formatting for positive/negative numbers

    Use the following custom formatting:

    [Green]+#;[Red]#

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    Re: Conditional formatting for positive/negative numbers

    What about if I have text in there as well. How can I have the conditional format ignore text?

    Thanks

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    Re: Conditional formatting for positive/negative numbers

    This erases the numbers lol!! I want the + and the - to go in front of the numbers boludo. Thanks.

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    Re: Conditional formatting for positive/negative numbers

    Actually, they are %'s not numbers. I just need the positive numbers to have a plus sign in front of them. Thanky!!

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