Regarding the trailing minus sign....
Select the cell(s)
Data>Text-to-Columns
Select either delimited or fixed width (whichever suits your data)
Click the [Next] button...adjust as necessary
Click the [Next] button
Click the [Advanced] button...adjust as necessary
Check: Trailing mins signs
Click the [OK] button
Click the [Finish] button
Does that help?
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Regards,
Ron
XL2002, WinXP-Pro
Darlene said:
Is there anything I can do with the negatives that show up as 456.78- ?
Ron Coderre said:
Try this:
Select a blank cell
Edit>Copy
Select the range of numbers
Edit>Paste Special
Check: Add
Click the [OK] button
Does that help?
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Regards,
Ron
XL2002, WinXP-Pro
:
I am using Excel 2000 and have received a large data file downloaded from a
mainframe system. Is there a way to easily convert the numbers stored as
text back to numbers so I can total them?