"A.W. Neef" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>From: "A.W. Neef" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: parenthesis vs minus sign
>
>On Sat, 8 Sep 2001, I wrote:
> > I've done it for years, but darned if I can now remember how to
> > set a row or column to display and print negative spreadsheet
> > values in parenthesis rather than with the minus sign.
Rodney A. Hoiseth wrote:
>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)
"A.W. Neef" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sorry, my error ...
>I forgot this is an A2 List, not an AW List. I just assumed all would know
>I was inquiring about "real" AppleWorks. I'm using AW5.1.
>
>I misled Rodney A. Hoiseth. He responded about ClarisWorks (a most logical
>mistake, ever since Apple robbed that most revered software name, and
>tacked it on that other software, ClarisWorks).
>
>[snip]
>
>The option of choosing to display negative values either parenthesized, or
>with the minus sign ... is available in the AW5.1 database, but NOT in the
>AW5.1 spreadsheet. Both Bud Simrin and I just remembered doing it, but did
>not distinguish between the ADB and ASP capabilities.
>
As I said in my original response, it depends on the spreadsheet
program you're using.
AW 6 spreadsheets work exactly the same as ClarisWorks:
1. Select the cells you want to format.
2. Select "Number..." [Options: General] from the "Format" menu (or
access the dialogue box with "Command + Shift + N")
3. Put a Check in the checkbox that says "Show Negatives in Parentheses".
I never went through AW5. I use only CW 4 and AW6; but it seems odd
that AW5 would have been different...
"Go figger".
Rodney
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