<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!--*********************************************************** * * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file * distributed with this work for additional information * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, * software distributed under the License is distributed on an * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the * specific language governing permissions and limitations * under the License. * ***********************************************************--> <helpdocument version="1.0"> <meta> <topic id="textscalcguidecellstyle_minusvaluexml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Highlighting Negative Numbers</title> <filename>/text/scalc/guide/cellstyle_minusvalue.xhp</filename> </topic> </meta> <body> <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3147434"> <bookmark_value>negative numbers</bookmark_value> <bookmark_value>numbers; highlighting negative numbers</bookmark_value> <bookmark_value>highlighting;negative numbers</bookmark_value> <bookmark_value>colors;negative numbers</bookmark_value> <bookmark_value>number formats;colors for negative numbers</bookmark_value> </bookmark><comment>MW made "negative numbers;" a one level entry</comment><comment>MW changed "numbers formats;" and "colors;"</comment> <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3147434" role="heading" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="31"><variable id="cellstyle_minusvalue"><link href="text/scalc/guide/cellstyle_minusvalue.xhp" name="Highlighting Negative Numbers">Highlighting Negative Numbers</link> </variable></paragraph> <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153878" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="33">You can format cells with a number format that highlights negative numbers in red. Alternatively, you can define your own number format in which negative numbers are highlighted in other colors.</paragraph> <list type="ordered"> <listitem> <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155600" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="34">Select the cells and choose <emph>Format - Cells</emph>.</paragraph> </listitem> <listitem> <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3146969" role="listitem" l10n="U" oldref="35">On the <emph>Numbers</emph> tab, select a number format and mark <emph>Negative numbers red</emph> check box. Click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph> </listitem> </list> <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145640" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="36">The cell number format is defined in two parts. The format for positive numbers and zero is defined in front of the semicolon; after the semicolon the formula for negative numbers is defined. You can change the code (RED) under <item type="menuitem">Format code</item>. For example, instead of RED, enter <item type="literal">YELLOW</item>. If the new code appears in the list after clicking the <item type="menuitem">Add</item> icon, this is a valid entry.</paragraph> <section id="relatedtopics"> <embed href="text/scalc/guide/cellstyle_conditional.xhp#cellstyle_conditional"/> <embed href="text/scalc/guide/cellstyle_by_formula.xhp#cellstyle_by_formula"/> </section> </body> </helpdocument>