Comments for Excel Zoom http://excelzoom.com ...because it's more than just a calculator Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:06:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Automatically Create an Index for Your Excel File by Haris http://excelzoom.com/2009/03/automatically-create-an-index-for-your-excel-file/comment-page-1/#comment-804 Haris Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:06:18 +0000 http://excelzoom.com/?p=5#comment-804 Can't thank you enough for this. Can’t thank you enough for this.

]]> Comment on Using Fill Handle for the Alphabet by Ken Wilmloth http://excelzoom.com/2009/03/using-fill-handle-for-the-alphabet/comment-page-1/#comment-803 Ken Wilmloth Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:05:24 +0000 http://excelzoom.com/?p=95#comment-803 <a href="#comment-800" rel="nofollow">@Beverly Reed </a> When you get to the point of having the alphabetic characters in column B, select the cells containing the alphabetic characters and then copy the cells; then move to column C and use "Paste Special" selecting to copy only "values". Then then finish the "Copy Special" process. This will result in the cells of column C containing the desired alphabetic characters. The "Copy Special" process is useful when copying the results of a calculations into situations when you want a "clean" result. @Beverly Reed
When you get to the point of having the alphabetic characters in column B, select the cells containing the alphabetic characters and then copy the cells; then move to column C and use “Paste Special” selecting to copy only “values”. Then then finish the “Copy Special” process. This will result in the cells of column C containing the desired alphabetic characters.

The “Copy Special” process is useful when copying the results of a calculations into situations when you want a “clean” result.

]]> Comment on Add Spaces to Empty Cells by Rory Archibald http://excelzoom.com/2009/02/add-spaces-to-empty-cells/comment-page-1/#comment-802 Rory Archibald Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:48:23 +0000 http://excelzoom.com/?p=43#comment-802 I can't really imagine why you would want to do this (it's bad practice IMO) but the loop serves no purpose when you use Selection.Replace rather than selectedCell.Replace anyway... I can’t really imagine why you would want to do this (it’s bad practice IMO) but the loop serves no purpose when you use Selection.Replace rather than selectedCell.Replace anyway…

]]> Comment on The Mystery of Excel’s Too Many Different Cell Formats by Chuck http://excelzoom.com/2009/09/the-mystery-of-excels-too-many-different-cell-formats/comment-page-1/#comment-801 Chuck Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:38:10 +0000 http://excelzoom.com/?p=289#comment-801 I saw this issue in Excel 2010. It caused me to lose formatting on cells when I downlevel saved my .xlsm file to .xls. The issue I ran into was due to a large number of styles associated with the workbook. I've written up a VBA macro that fixed it for me. See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2449755/too-many-different-cell-formats/8933399#8933399 I saw this issue in Excel 2010. It caused me to lose formatting on cells when I downlevel saved my .xlsm file to .xls. The issue I ran into was due to a large number of styles associated with the workbook. I’ve written up a VBA macro that fixed it for me.

See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2449755/too-many-different-cell-formats/8933399#8933399

]]> Comment on Using Fill Handle for the Alphabet by Beverly Reed http://excelzoom.com/2009/03/using-fill-handle-for-the-alphabet/comment-page-1/#comment-800 Beverly Reed Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:13:24 +0000 http://excelzoom.com/?p=95#comment-800 Well, that’s great… and thank you. I now have A thru Z in Column B. However, when I delete column A (since I really have no need of the numbers “65 thru 90″ showing up in my document, my column B then shows up with “#VALUE!” in each and every cell?????? Looks like it will be MUCH, MUCH, MUCH faster to just type in the alphabet in column A and then be done with it! But thanks, anyway. Well, that’s great… and thank you. I now have A thru Z in Column B. However, when I delete column A (since I really have no need of the numbers “65 thru 90″ showing up in my document, my column B then shows up with “#VALUE!” in each and every cell??????

Looks like it will be MUCH, MUCH, MUCH faster to just type in the alphabet in column A and then be done with it! But thanks, anyway.

]]> Comment on Using Fill Handle for the Alphabet by Beverly Reed http://excelzoom.com/2009/03/using-fill-handle-for-the-alphabet/comment-page-1/#comment-799 Beverly Reed Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:11:40 +0000 http://excelzoom.com/?p=95#comment-799 Well, that's great... and thank you. I now have A thru Z in Column B. However, when I delete column A (since I really have no need of the numbers "65 thru 90" showing up in my document, my column B then shows up with "#VALUE!" in each and every cell?????? Well, that’s great… and thank you. I now have A thru Z in Column B. However, when I delete column A (since I really have no need of the numbers “65 thru 90″ showing up in my document, my column B then shows up with “#VALUE!” in each and every cell??????

]]> Comment on The Mystery of Excel’s Too Many Different Cell Formats by Lroi http://excelzoom.com/2009/09/the-mystery-of-excels-too-many-different-cell-formats/comment-page-1/#comment-798 Lroi Wed, 28 Dec 2011 21:02:19 +0000 http://excelzoom.com/?p=289#comment-798 The suggestion to find the 'blank' cells and clear the formats worked like a charm. Thank you so much. The suggestion to find the ‘blank’ cells and clear the formats worked like a charm. Thank you so much.

]]> Comment on Split a Worksheet Into Multiple Panes by Waldo Marquez http://excelzoom.com/2009/02/split-a-worksheet-into-multiple-panes/comment-page-1/#comment-795 Waldo Marquez Fri, 02 Dec 2011 03:18:12 +0000 http://excelzoom.com/?p=81#comment-795 quiero dividir la pantalla del monitor con dos hojas de excel diferentes. para pasar datos de una a la otra y tenerlos siempre a la vista. quiero dividir la pantalla del monitor con dos hojas de excel diferentes. para pasar datos de una a la otra y tenerlos siempre a la vista.

]]> Comment on Automatically Create an Index for Your Excel File by Glenn http://excelzoom.com/2009/03/automatically-create-an-index-for-your-excel-file/comment-page-1/#comment-794 Glenn Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:56:05 +0000 http://excelzoom.com/?p=5#comment-794 I was hoping to store this in my personal macro workbook but it wont run as a macro. Can you explain why? It would be very helpful across a number of workbooks but if I have to install on each one then it isnt as useful for me. I was hoping to store this in my personal macro workbook but it wont run as a macro. Can you explain why? It would be very helpful across a number of workbooks but if I have to install on each one then it isnt as useful for me.

]]> Comment on The Mystery of Excel’s Too Many Different Cell Formats by XLGeek http://excelzoom.com/2009/09/the-mystery-of-excels-too-many-different-cell-formats/comment-page-1/#comment-793 XLGeek Tue, 29 Nov 2011 04:05:49 +0000 http://excelzoom.com/?p=289#comment-793 The bugs that lead to "Too many cell formats" error message in Excel 2007+ have been addressed: http://sergeig888.wordpress.com/2011/05/06/msft-released-hot-fix-for-excel-2007-custom-styles-duplication/ Note that the bug fixes will not remove pre-existing styles related file corruption. Open XML based tools (available for free) are the only option that can remove elements inaccessible to the Excel object model based tools: e.g., bad styles that disguised themselves as built-in, hidden styles, etc... Open XML based cleanup means 100% styles corruption free files. The bugs that lead to “Too many cell formats” error message in Excel 2007+ have been addressed: http://sergeig888.wordpress.com/2011/05/06/msft-released-hot-fix-for-excel-2007-custom-styles-duplication/

Note that the bug fixes will not remove pre-existing styles related file corruption. Open XML based tools (available for free) are the only option that can remove elements inaccessible to the Excel object model based tools: e.g., bad styles that disguised themselves as built-in, hidden styles, etc… Open XML based cleanup means 100% styles corruption free files.

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