Because that's the way accounting folks show a negative value on a balance sheet/income statement.
I believe you can change the way this is displayed by using Format Cells and altering the appearance of the numeric values in the selected cell(s).
>Can you think of a reason Excel would put a negative currency value in parens instead of a minus sign?
Evan Pauley, MCP
Positronic Technology Systems LLC
Knoxville, TN
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