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I'm subtracting figures and I need to show whether the result is negative or positive.

Stumped as to how to make the '+' or '-' sign appear using cell formatting. Minus is automatic, I presume, but the positive I'm struggling with.

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Use a custom number format for your cells, such as:

"+"0;"-"0;0

displays -1, 0, 1 as

-1, 0, +1

or

"+"0.00;"-"0.00;"No change"

displays -1, 0, 1 as

-1.00, No change, +1.00
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    Actually the "" marks around the + - are not needed. Just use +0;-0;0 Jun 28, 2011 at 8:47
  • Therefore could you use +??.??;-??.??;??.??. Which I hope would allow for alignment and show the +/- symbols?
    – RocketGoal
    Jun 28, 2011 at 10:59
  • As mentioned here, you could use +General;-General;General to keep original decimal settings
    – acatalept
    Apr 3, 2013 at 16:44

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