Custom formatting of a cell with text

[roscoe]

I thought I was good at this but...
I track my car maintenance on a spreadsheet because, well who doesn't. Anyway, I'm trying to format a cell that says "Miles to next Oil Change: 6579" where the 6579 is the value of the cell from a formula. That was easy enough, but in my test case when the number went negative (drove past the oil change interval), the minus sign on the mileage number is appearing in front of the text instead of in front of the number ("-Miles to next Oil Change: 107 instead of Miles to next Oil Change: -107)

How do I do this? Microsoft help page is useless in this regard.

Thanks

 

[footoo]

Format as :
"Miles to next Oil Change: " 0;"Miles to next Oil Change: " -0

 

[Rick Rothstein]

Format as :
"Miles to next Oil Change: " 0;"Miles to next Oil Change: " -0

And if the OP really wants these negative values to stand out...

"Miles to next Oil Change: " 0;[Red]"Miles to next Oil Change: " -0

 

[roscoe]

Thanks!

 

[Rick Rothstein]

Thanks!

You are welcome BUT you should mark footoo's reply as the answer, not mine. All I did was add a small part to his Custom Format, so the recommended Custom Format is, in the main, his, not mine.