>>And since I have your ear, how in the heck do you display negative numbers on a report surround by "(" rather than a "-"? Sheesh, this should be a piece of cake but I am drawing a blank!
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>Click the dotted button next to "Format". Choose Numeric (radio button) and "(Negative)" (check box) in the left column. This shows as "@(" in the Format text box.
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>You might not like the format - I don't think it's trimmed nicely.

Doh! Dummy me, I was trying to do it manually with the TRANSFORM() function and kept forgetting the @ before the character codes. And I thought the "T" code meant to trim leading and trailing spaces. Not so though. Thanks for your help, I'll leave you alone now < grin >