– How to Change the Number of Decimals
– How to Add Thousands Separator
– How to Turn Negative Numbers to Red
Other than making negative numbers in red, you can also use parentheses for negative number to read them easier to read. Please see the steps below for details:
Step 1: Select cells or range with numbers, either positive or negative;
Step 2: Right click to bring up the dialog box, from the list, click "Format Cells";
Step 3: In Excel 2016 and above, there is no option in "Format Cells" window to apply parentheses with the negative sign for negative numbers, but you can custom with the command "#,##0.00;[Red]-(#,##0.00)";
Step 4: Click "OK" at the bottom: negative numbers turned into RED with parentheses, while positive numbers did not change.