Coloring cells

[OldManEd]

I have a column of numbers. Some are positive and others are negative. I
would like to color "red" the cell with negative numbers and 'green' the
positive numbers.

Is this possible in either Excel 2007 or Excel 2003? Do I need a macro?
OldEd

 

[Gord Dibben]

You just need Conditional Formatting.

See help on that subject.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

 

[OldManEd]

Does this work in both Excel 2003 and Excel 2007?
OldEd

 

[FSt1]

hi
no. conditional formating should do it.
in 2003 for neg numbers
cell value is.... less than......0........pick red
for pos number..
cell value is.... greater than......0........pick green

but what if the value is zero?? the above doesn't address that.
how about......
cell value is.... greater than or equal to......0........pick green
you can format the entire column all a once. not really recommended that you
do the "entire" column, just enough to cover your data.
read up on CF in 07. that i'm not up on yet.

Regards
FSt1

 

[Gord Dibben]

Yes. Has worked since version 8 which is Excel 97


Gord

 

[Jim Cone]

Back to basics...
Use a custom number format similar to this:
[Green]#,##0.00;[Red]-#,##0.00
Works in most all versions.
--
Jim Cone
Portland, Oregon USA
Excel add-in: http://tinyurl.com/ExtrasXL





"OldManEd" <[email protected]>
wrote in message I have a column of numbers. Some are positive and others are negative. I
would like to color "red" the cell with negative numbers and 'green' the
positive numbers.

Is this possible in either Excel 2007 or Excel 2003? Do I need a macro?
OldEd

 

[Black Iccy]

but what if the value is zero?? the above doesn't address that.

So, extend the set of definitions.
See the "Add" button?
The one at the bottom of the panel?

 

[FSt1]

good point but i prefere to limit the number of CF's as much as possible.
see my suggestion.
i would guess it would be user preference.

Regards
FSt1

 

[Black Iccy]

good point but i prefere to limit the number of CF's as much as possible.
see my suggestion.
i would guess it would be user preference.

Ummm, but you can only ever set 3 parameters/choices (in Office/Excel 97)
... max .. ever. How much of a limit makes you uncomfortable (rhetorical) -)
Anyway, it fits the OP's requirements I'd guess.