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Good day (or night) to all,
I have three columns; c represents the actual number; d represents a forecasted number and e represents the variance between both (column d-column c).
If Column E ends up being a negative number or the % is negative((c-d)/d) I want the font in Column E to be green;
If Column E ends up being a % between 0 and 3 (e>0% and e3% I would like the color to be Red. Any ideas? I don't believe conditional formatiing will work. This will go for many rows. Thanks,
Diggs
I have three columns; c represents the actual number; d represents a forecasted number and e represents the variance between both (column d-column c).
If Column E ends up being a negative number or the % is negative((c-d)/d) I want the font in Column E to be green;
If Column E ends up being a % between 0 and 3 (e>0% and e3% I would like the color to be Red. Any ideas? I don't believe conditional formatiing will work. This will go for many rows. Thanks,
Diggs
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If that number is less than -100, I want it to show as blank.
Any help?
Right now, I'm trying to accomplish this by making a conditional format...meaning when my cell equals less than -100 I make the cell color and font the same (so it looks blank, but its not). When I print it, it still shows the negative value.
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Hoping someone can help me quickly as I'm pulling my hair out and have a deadline getting too close.
Been trailing the net and this board but can't work out how to do a simple variance.
How do I work out the difference between two numbers - including negatives.
If the numbers are all positive, it's fine as it's simply a case of A - B = C which is your difference. However, that doesn't work if B is negative.
I need a formula that would give the following:
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Hopefully there's a simple function I've been missing.
Thanks in advance, R
Hoping someone can help me quickly as I'm pulling my hair out and have a deadline getting too close.
Been trailing the net and this board but can't work out how to do a simple variance.
How do I work out the difference between two numbers - including negatives.
If the numbers are all positive, it's fine as it's simply a case of A - B = C which is your difference. However, that doesn't work if B is negative.
I need a formula that would give the following:
First Number / Second Number / Difference
1 / 5 / 4
1 / -5 / -6
-1 / 5 / 6
-1 / -5 / -4
-5 / -1 / 4
Hopefully there's a simple function I've been missing.
Thanks in advance, R
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-----
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would like to have reference charts of how to identify the strength of
each tablet by its color and markings. I got the info from the
manufacturers' websites and entered it into tables in Word, which I
would like to copy into a more comprehensive file I am creating in
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If a user enters a date in a cell or range of cells anywhere in the column, the changed cells also need to be locked and protected (Once they enter a date, it is not allowed EVER to be changed again. Corporate requirement! *Shrug*).
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Contents:=True, _
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