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how do you link workbooks
you can link workbooks just like you would create a basic formula.
A simple way to link a workbook is to select a cell in one workbook, enter =, then click into the cell in the second workbook. These cells will now be linked. Try it.
Thu 19 Jan 2012: Automatically marked as resolved.
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Often Excel users wish to display negative numbers in colour red and bracketed
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Step1. Select Format > Cells menu options. Within Numbers tabsheet, select Category = Custom.
Step 2. Select a type such as #,##0;[Red]-#,##0;; that specifies a colour in square brackets.
Step 3. Amend as follows; #,##0;[Red](#,##0;;
Notes: Excel formatting featues are of the form
"Positive; Negative;Zero;Text" separated by semicolon.
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