Click OK to close the Format Cells dialog box.Use the Color drop-down list to choose the shade of red you want used for the negative percentages.The Font tab of the Format Cells dialog box. Excel displays the Format Cells dialog box with the Font tab selected. In the Box to the right of the second drop-down list, enter the numeral 0.Change the second drop-down list to Less Than.Leave the first drop-down list set to Cell Value Is.Excel displays the Conditional Formatting dialog box. Choose Conditional Formatting from the Format menu.The other way that you can display negative percentages in red is to use conditional formatting by following these steps:
(You can modify the number of decimal places in the format, if necessary.) The format you specify in step 5 displays positive percentages with two decimal places and displays negative percentages in red with two decimal places. In the Type box, enter the following: 0.00% -0.00%.The Number tab of the Format Cells dialog box. The dialog box changes so you can enter a custom format. If the Number tab is not displayed, select it.Excel displays the Format Cells dialog box. Select the cell (or cells) that may contain negative percentages.Precise details on how you put together custom formats has been covered in other issues of ExcelTips, so here is the quick way you can get the desired results: One way is to use a custom number format. There are two distinct ways you can display negative percentages in red. This is because Excel doesn't provide a built-in format that addresses this situation.
#CUSTOM FORMATTING EXCEL RED FOR NEGATIVE HOW TO#
What isn't so obvious is how to display negative percentages in red. It's easy using Excel's built-in number formats to display negative values in red.