It depends on the spreadsheet program you're using. E.g., in ClarisWorks, it's
Select the row or column
then "Format menu" --> "Number..." --> [Checkbox]
"Negatives in ( )"
or Command + Shift + N --> [Checkbox]
"Negatives in ( )"
Rodney
(in Hayama, Japan)
At 15:30 -0400 2001/09/08 in apple2list Digest #119, Apple2list wrote:
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>
>Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2001 10:38:28 -0400
>From: "A.W. Neef" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: parenthesis vs minus sign
>
>I've done it for years, but darned if I can now remember how set a row or
>column to display and print negative spreadsheet values in parenthesis
>rather than with the minus sign.
>
>-- Bill Neef Grass Lake, MI, USA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
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