Color a calculated percentage cell text red if results negative

[John]

I have a spread sheet containing columns Budget, Expense, Variance and %
Variance in cols A, B, C and D. Col D contains formulas of the form =C10/A10.

What code would I add to color negative percentage cell text red?

Thx for your help, John

 

[Eric]

Highlight appropriate cells; Format-conditional formatting-"Cell Value Is"
"less than" "0", then hit the format button and format appropriately.

 

[MyVeryOwnSelf]

I have a spread sheet containing columns Budget, Expense, Variance and

% Variance in cols A, B, C and D. Col D contains formulas of the form
=C10/A10.

What code would I add to color negative percentage cell text red?

One way:
Format > Cells > Number > Custom

and under "Type" put
0.00%;[Red]0.00%

Vary to suit.

(I have Excel 2003.)

 

[MyVeryOwnSelf]

I have a spread sheet containing columns Budget, Expense, Variance and

% Variance in cols A, B, C and D. Col D contains formulas of the form
=C10/A10.

What code would I add to color negative percentage cell text red?

One way:
Format > Cells > Number > Custom

and under "Type" put
0.00%;[Red]0.00%

Or even better:
0.00%;[Red]-0.00%