Here's what I did. I formatted the cell with the custom number format. I
copied the cell (C8 on Sheet1), selected the chart, held Shift while
selecting the Edit menu, and chose Paste Picture. I selected the picture,
clicked in the Formula bar, and typed =Sheet1!$C$8, a link to the cell. Now
the picture of the cell is dynamic, including the value and the format. I
don't know how stable this is. I seem to recall crashes using this kind of
technique in earlier versions of Excel (I'm using 2003).
- Jon
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Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
Tutorials and Custom Solutions
http://PeltierTech.com
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"Roger B." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Jon, am not sure of your conclusion. Is there any way of connecting the
> Textbox to the spreadsheet with the colours showing in the Textbox?
> Thanks,
> Roger
>
>
> "Jon Peltier" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Sorry. I was thinking of textboxes, but I wasn't testing, just typing.
>> Otherwise I'd have noticed the lack of number formatting in a text box.
>> My Bad.
>>
>> Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
>> http://PeltierTech.com
>>
>>
>> "Andy Pope" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I think maybe Jon was think of a data label, which does have a number
>>> format.
>>>
>>> For textboxes I think you will need to use 2 of everything.
>>> 2 formula to display the result
>>> positive
>>> =IF(ROUND(NewProfit,-2)>=0,ROUND(NewProfit,-2),"")
>>>
>>> negative
>>> =IF(ROUND(NewProfit,-2)<0,ROUND(NewProfit,-2),"")
>>>
>>> and 2 textboxes with the correct formatting applied.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> Andy
>>>
>>> Roger B. wrote:
>>>> Jon, thanks so much for your update. It was very helpful. There is
>>>> only one problem: I can't get the "Format Cells, Number" when working
>>>> in the TextBox. Instead I get "Format TextBox" but can't find the
>>>> numbers. Also looked at your website but couldn't find the cure.
>>>> Any suggestions would be very helpful.
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Roger
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Jon Peltier" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>>> news:uJ%(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>>
>>>>>You can just select the textbox and select Bold.
>>>>>
>>>>>You don't need the IF to get conditional formatting or your dollar
>>>>>format. The cell just needs this formula
>>>>>
>>>>>=ROUND(NewProfit,-2)
>>>>>
>>>>>(FIXED results in text, not a number) and a custom number format of
>>>>>
>>>>>[blue]$#,##0;[red]$-#,##0;$0;@
>>>>>
>>>>>Link the textbox to the cell, and apply the same number format to the
>>>>>textbox.
>>>>>
>>>>>More on number formats:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://peltiertech.com/Excel/NumberFormats.html
>>>>>
>>>>>- Jon
>>>>>-------
>>>>>Jon Peltier, Microsoft Excel MVP
>>>>>Tutorials and Custom Solutions
>>>>>http://PeltierTech.com
>>>>>_______
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>"Roger B." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>>>>news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>>>
>>>>>>I have a dollar amount created with the formula
>>>>>>=IF(NewProfit<0,"$"&FIXED(-NewProfit,-2),"$"&FIXED(NewProfit,-2)) in
>>>>>>an Excel spreadsheet which is linked to a textbox on a chart.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I would like to format the numbers in the chart 1) Bold and 2) Blue
>>>>>>when positive and Red when negative.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Roger
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Andy Pope, Microsoft MVP - Excel
>>> http://www.andypope.info
>>
>>
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