Learn how to highlight cells with negative values in Excel. Make negative numbers stand out in Red using Conditional or Custom Formatting.

Q. All of my spreadsheets display negative numbers in red rather than preceded by a negative sign. I don’t mind the red on the screen, but when I print a worksheet, those negative numbers come out a ...

Q. I want to format my spreadsheets to show negative numbers in two different ways: in red when I view them on the screen and, because I don’t use a color printer, in parentheses when I print them.

How to Get Chart Bars to Show Red When the Value Is Less Than Zero in Excel?. When you create a chart in Excel using positive and negative values, both positive and negative graphs are the same ...

Excel already does some of this for you. As example when you format cells with numbers, there are options on how to display negative numbers in red. Useful! Now I want it in Google Spreadsheets.