I have 2 questions in Microsoft Word

[yaniv_sa]

Hey ,



I have 2 questions in Microsoft Word:

1.How do I automatically present thoughts with comma?
Ex. 1000 will automatically presented as 1,000

2. how do I automatically present negative numbers in brackets.
Ex. -1,000 would be presented as (1,000).

I know there is a way throw formula but it's for one number and it's long. and since i need to delete the $ sign from the formula pattern.
I'm looking for an automatic way to do this, if not maybe a keybord suortcut to change numbers like -2000 to (2,000).

Pls advice

Thanks in advance.

[Charles Kenyon]

There is no simple way to do this when typing in a document. Word isn't smart enough to figure out when you would want it and when not.

If you are typing a number in a content control or field, you can format the number automatically by setting the formatting for that field or content control.

[Charles Kenyon]

BTW, this is very easy to do in Excel. Do you need to be using Word?