XL2000: How to a Make Spinner with a Minimum Value Less Than Zero

In Microsoft Excel, the spinner control that is on the Forms toolbar has a minimum value of zero.

The Microsoft Excel Visual Basic for Applications macro example in this article demonstrates how you can use a spinner control that appears to allow negative numbers.

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1. Start Excel, and then create a new workbook.
2. On the View menu, point to Toolbars, and then click to select the Forms check box (if it is not already checked).
3. On the Forms toolbar, click the Spinner control.
4. Click Cell A1 to place the spinner control next to cell A1 on your worksheet.
5. Double-click the spinner control to display the Format Control dialog box.
6. On the Control tab, type 0 in the Minimum value box, type 20 in the Maximum value box, and then click OK.
   
   NOTE: You set the Maximum to 20 because the difference between the minimum and the maximum values that you want to use is 20 (that is, 10-(-10)=20).
7. Right-click the spinner control, and then click Assign Macro on the shortcut menu.
8. In the Assign Macro dialog box, click New.
9. Type the following code in the module sheet:

   Const Diff = 10
   Sub Spinner1_Change()
       Range("A1").Value = ActiveSheet.Spinners("Spinner 1").Value - Diff
   End Sub
   						

   NOTE: The constant Diff is equal to the difference between 0 and the minimum value that you want to use (that is, 0-(-10) = 10).
10. Press ALT+F11 to return to Excel.
11. Select cell A1.
12. Test the spinner control by clicking it. You see values in cell A1 that range between -10 and 10.