{"id":1154,"date":"2015-04-01T01:11:05","date_gmt":"2015-03-31T23:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/?p=1154"},"modified":"2023-11-30T01:36:05","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T00:36:05","slug":"how-to-make-negative-red-numbers-in-excel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/how-to-make-negative-red-numbers-in-excel\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Make Negative Red Numbers In Excel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you are working with lots of different <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/add-numbers-in-excel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">numbers in Excel<\/a>, you sometimes want your numbers to stand out by showing them in a negative red number enclosed in parenthesis.<\/p>\n<p>To do this you need to select your numbers and press <strong>CTRL+1<\/strong> to bring up the Format dialogue box.<\/p>\n<p>From there you need to select the <em>Number<\/em> tab and the <em>Number<\/em> category and choose the 4th selection <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(1,234.0)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>You can then select the number of decimal places to show and also insert a 1000 separator.<br \/>\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gcl_ecN7GjI?rel=0 \" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/MyExcelOnlinecomtutorials?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignmiddle wp-image-111468 size-full\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1.yt_.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><a class=\"IRPP_minimalist icon-download\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Number-Formats-Negatives.xlsx\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"ctaText px-3 text-capitalize\">Download workbook<\/span><span class=\"postTitle px-3\">Number-Formats-Negatives.xlsx<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 1:<\/strong> <\/span>Select the column that you want to apply the negative number formatting. Press <em><strong>CTRL + 1<\/strong><\/em> to open the <strong>Format Dialog<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"How To Make Negative Red Numbers In Excel\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19717\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Make-Negative-Red-Numbers-In-Excel-01.jpg\" alt=\"How To Make Negative Red Numbers In Excel\" width=\"809\" height=\"515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Make-Negative-Red-Numbers-In-Excel-01.jpg 809w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Make-Negative-Red-Numbers-In-Excel-01-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Make-Negative-Red-Numbers-In-Excel-01-768x489.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 809px) 100vw, 809px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 2:<\/strong> <\/span>Select <strong>Number<\/strong> as the category and select the formatting that you want to display for negative numbers. You can change the number of decimal places as well.<\/p>\n<p>Click <strong>OK<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"How To Make Negative Red Numbers In Excel\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19718\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Make-Negative-Red-Numbers-In-Excel-02.jpg\" alt=\"How To Make Negative Red Numbers In Excel\" width=\"532\" height=\"484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Make-Negative-Red-Numbers-In-Excel-02.jpg 532w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Make-Negative-Red-Numbers-In-Excel-02-300x273.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 532px) 100vw, 532px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now your negative numbers are now formatted!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"How To Make Negative Red Numbers In Excel\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19719\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Make-Negative-Red-Numbers-In-Excel-03.jpg\" alt=\"How To Make Negative Red Numbers In Excel\" width=\"801\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Make-Negative-Red-Numbers-In-Excel-03.jpg 801w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Make-Negative-Red-Numbers-In-Excel-03-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Make-Negative-Red-Numbers-In-Excel-03-768x485.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 801px) 100vw, 801px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/100.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1080 size-full\" style=\"display: none !important;\" hidden=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/728x90.gif\" alt=\"728x90\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you are working with lots of different numbers in Excel, you sometimes want your numbers to stand out by showing them in a negative red number enclosed in parenthesis. 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