Using base format "%" and conditional format "$"

Lennane

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Thanks to all that post responses to questions on this forum. I have successfully used many over the last six months.

My first post now.

I can't find a solution to my current problem. Did search but no specific titles indicating that the issue was covered previously. Apologies if it has.

I am formating some cells with a base % format. To enter 10% I enter "10", not ".1". Makes % entry very simple.

However the cells reference a data validation list with a number of % options that also have one option for a $ value. So I have a conditional format that applies a currency format in that case.

The issue I have is that when I enter $'s into the cell I have to add the cents without a decimal point or else the base format is applied. That is, for $100,000, I want to enter 100000 but excel expresses that entry as $1,000 after applying my conditional format. The cell value shows 100000%.

Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
 

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