Number format in excel: Showing % value without multiplying with 100

Question

When I set format of a cell as %, it automatically multiply the value with 100 & show the value. So 5.66 becomes 566 %.

I want to apply % format on a column but want to keep the values same as before. I just want % sign to be shown along with the value. To achieve this, I used following format 0.00##\%

Now I want to show negavtive values in RED color without '-' sign(negative) and the values should be wrapped in brackets. so -5.66 should be shown as (5.66%) in red color.

Please help

Answer 1

You just have to change to a Custom format - right click and select format and at the bottom of the list is custom.

 0.00##\%;[Red](0.00##\%)

The first part of custom format is your defined format you posted. Everything after the semicolon is for negative numbers. [RED] tells Excel to make the negative numbers red and the () make sure that negative number is in parentheses.