Formatting negative numbers

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I am having trouble formatting negative numbers. I have two columns of numbers and I want to highlight the one that is greater. If they are negative it will ignore the negative. For example see below. I need a formula that works. I used =ifb1>d1 in conditional format to highlight f b1 is greater. But like I said it ignores the negative as you can see in b4 and b6. Any help will be appreciated.

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[TD="width: 64, bgcolor: transparent"] B
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[TD="width: 64, bgcolor: transparent"] C
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[TD="width: 64, bgcolor: transparent"] D
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[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]-8.18[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]$51,212 [/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]1.71[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]$3,946,561 [/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]-8.53[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]$365,070 [/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]4.54[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]$3,776,271 [/TD]
[TD="align: right"]-1.15[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]$271,294 [/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]-1.45[/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]$3,728,023 [/TD]
[TD="align: right"]-0.66[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]$38,056 [/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]-0.52[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]$2,635,464 [/TD]
[TD="align: right"]-1.98[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]$119,067 [/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]-2.9[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]$1,519,864 [/TD]
[TD="align: right"]-7.65[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]$139,199 [/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]-2.72[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]$514,896 [/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]-5.21[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]$18,258 [/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]8.01[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]$255,818 [/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]-15.14[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]$13,087 [/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]6.24[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]$956,084 [/TD]
[TD="align: right"]-9.07[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]$96,793 [/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]-0.66[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]$1,258,367 [/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]$42,305 [/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]14.93[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]$2,751,372 [/TD]
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[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]$148,035 [/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]4.31[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]$447,579 [/TD]
[TD="align: right"]-6.52[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]$53,733 [/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]-1.5[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]$2,692,657 [/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]15.69[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]$179,203 [/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]0.73[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]$5,958,192 [/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]-8.08[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]$254,835 [/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]6.35[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]$3,393,899 [/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]-6.57[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]$122,395 [/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]0.06[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]$1,035,032 [/TD]
[TD="align: right"]-4.81[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]$93,237 [/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]-17.59[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]$2,277,558 [/TD]
[TD="align: right"]-5.15[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]$148,912 [/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]-7.55[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]$348,991 [/TD]
[TD="align: right"]-11.06[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]$3,421 [/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]-22.91[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]$25,415 [/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]26[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]$0 [/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]0[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]$720,022 [/TD]
[TD="align: right"]-7.24[/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]$37,790 [/TD]
[TD="bgcolor: transparent, align: right"]-10.94[/TD]
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Re: Help formatting negative numbers

If the original b4 and b6 get highlighted.
 
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Re: Help formatting negative numbers

Could you be more specific, since nothing is highlighted in your post. What do you want to happen that is not currently happening?
 
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Are you saying the if statement ignores the negative or you want to. If you want to treat the value as positive even if it shows negative use =abs("B1"). If just the positive numbers =IF(AND("B1" >0, "B1" > "D1"),TRUE,FALSE)
 
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Re: Help formatting negative numbers

I want to compare column b to d and highlight column b if greater than the corresponding number in column d. Using the formula I posted B4 and B6 get highlighted even though the are not larger than d4 and d6.
 
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Re: Help formatting negative numbers

I suspect those cells are text then, or you have the conditional formatting applied incorrectly.
 
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Re: Help formatting negative numbers

I used =if("B1" > "D1",TRUE,FALSE) and it was fine.
 
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