How to display a coloured an UP Arrow or Down Arrow in a cel

wongchaa

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I wish to display an up arrow or down arrow symbol in a certain cell in spreadsheet. Is there any way to do that ?

Thanks !!!
 

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=char(221)
and
=char(223)

for up & down arrows respectively. Format cells to have the symbol font & colour you want.

Paddy
 
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Have a look at the character map, Start menu, Programs, Accessories, System Tools (at least it is on my system Windows 2000)
 
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Hi Wongchaa,

This worked for me :

If you're trying to put the up/down arrow in cell A1 (based on the value of B1).

Format A1 with text in Wingdings.

In cell A2 put the character for up-arrow (you'll find it by Insert Symbol & then looking up the symbol)

In cell A3 put the character for down-arrow (you'll find it by Insert Symbol & then looking up the symbol)

Put the formula in cell A1 that tells whether you want to use up or down eg:

IF(B1>0,$A$2,IF(B1=0,"",$A$3))

For extra visibility, I also use conditional formatting to display the symbol in green when it is the up arrow, & red when it is the down arrow.
 
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