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VBA: customising number format

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VBA: customising number format

Hi Carlos,

Thanks for a great course.

Can you automate/write a macro to effectively produce a customised format for a number, for example, putting brakets around negative numbers?

Is it simply a case of recording the action and reviewing the results?

Thanks,

Richard

RE: VBA: customising number format

Hi Richard

The simple answer is Yes.

If you record yourself setting the number format by either using the standard or the customised formats then all you need to do is adapt that code into your procedure.

Hope this helps

Carlos

Fri 1 May 2009: Automatically marked as resolved.

 

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