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    - VLOOKUP Question I use VLOOKUP all the time but I now have a workbook with multiple worksheets. Each worksheet has different product groups. Each product has a unique product code (catalog #). I would like to retrieve three pieces of data. PRICE PKG. QTY PKG. WT I have a master worksheet with all of the product codes. Is there anyway I can use VLOOKUP or is there some other formula I should use? Thanks to all in advance. Tag: 256-Column Limit: No More? Tag: 142273
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    - Excel 2007 - Nothing shows up in the cell while I'm typing! I'm running into an issue with a range of cells in a spreadsheet where nothing shows up in the cell as I type. I can see the cursor moving to the right to show that I'm typing something, but the value that I'm typing doesn't actually appear in the cell until I hit <Enter>. I'm maintaining a large workbook with lots of formulas and named ranges. It was built by someone who no longer works here, so I'd rather not blow it away and start over. It appears it was built using Excel 2003. I'm now managing the file in Excel 2007. I've been adding records to this spreadsheet for several days now and didn't have this issue. But now all of a sudden, I get to a certain row (in this case, Row 1776) and nothing I type shows up until I hit enter. If I clear the contents of any row above row 1776, I can clearly see everything as I type it. But with Row 1776 and beyone, I can't see what I type. I am able to see what I'm typing in the formula bar at the top of the page, but not in the cell itself. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Tag: 256-Column Limit: No More? Tag: 142262
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    - lost in 2007 Hi, I have just upgraded from Excel 2003 to 2007. I was disappointed to realize that: -my toolbar customizations were lost: Of course, toolbars are obsolete in 2007, but I hoped that I could at least recover my custom buttons in the Quick Access toolbar...Any comments? -I have created lots of useful vba functions that I had regrouped in an xla file placed in my XLstart folder so that they would be always available. I have no idea how to achieve the same functionality in 2007. -I also had a few custom functions in my personal.xls (in the XLStart folder). I assume that it doesn't work any more in 2007 since none of my custom functions are available. Gee, and I'm supposed to migrate 3000 users this fall!!! I'd better find workarounds for these issues or hire body guards... Thanks, Lo Tag: 256-Column Limit: No More? Tag: 142260
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    - Turn 3 columns into 1 --____TRBQFUNOYCJHJLNRIYFH____ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: inline; modification-date="Wed, 13 May 2008 10:57:51 -0500" SSBoYXZlIDMgY29sdW1ucyB0aGF0IEkgd291bGQgbGlrZSB0byBiZSBtZXJnZWQgaW4gdG8gb25l LiBGb3IgZXhhbXBsZToNCg0KYjI9MyBjMj00IGQyPTYsIGFuZCBzbyBlMiA9IDMNCiAgICAgICAg ICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICBlMyA9IDQNCiAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAg ICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICBlNCA9IDYNCg0KVGhhbmtzIGZvciBhbnlvbmUgdGhhdCBjYW4gaGVs cA== --____TRBQFUNOYCJHJLNRIYFH____ Content-Type: multipart/related; boundary="____POUSEHRJORNTNXTVHMWN____" --____POUSEHRJORNTNXTVHMWN____ Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: inline; modification-date="Wed, 13 May 2008 10:57:51 -0500" PEhUTUw+PEhFQUQ+DQo8TUVUQSBodHRwLWVxdWl2PUNvbnRlbnQtVHlwZSBjb250ZW50PSJ0ZXh0 L2h0bWw7IGNoYXJzZXQ9dXRmLTgiPg0KPE1FVEEgY29udGVudD0iTVNIVE1MIDYuMDAuMjkwMC4z MzE0IiBuYW1lPUdFTkVSQVRPUj48L0hFQUQ+DQo8Qk9EWSBzdHlsZT0iTUFSR0lOOiA0cHggNHB4 IDFweDsgRk9OVDogMTBwdCBUYWhvbWEiPg0KPERJVj5JIGhhdmUgMyBjb2x1bW5zIHRoYXQgSSB3 b3VsZCBsaWtlIHRvIGJlIG1lcmdlZCBpbiB0byBvbmUuIEZvciBleGFtcGxlOjwvRElWPg0KPERJ Vj4mbmJzcDs8L0RJVj4NCjxESVY+YjI9MyBjMj00IGQyPTYsIGFuZCBzbyBlMiA9IDM8L0RJVj4N CjxESVY+Jm5ic3A7Jm5ic3A7Jm5ic3A7Jm5ic3A7Jm5ic3A7Jm5ic3A7Jm5ic3A7Jm5ic3A7Jm5i c3A7Jm5ic3A7Jm5ic3A7Jm5ic3A7Jm5ic3A7Jm5ic3A7Jm5ic3A7Jm5ic3A7Jm5ic3A7Jm5ic3A7 Jm5ic3A7Jm5ic3A7Jm5ic3A7Jm5ic3A7Jm5ic3A7Jm5ic3A7Jm5ic3A7Jm5ic3A7Jm5ic3A7Jm5i c3A7Jm5ic3A7Jm5ic3A7Jm5ic3A7Jm5ic3A7Jm5ic3A7Jm5ic3A7Jm5ic3A7Jm5ic3A7IGUzID0g NDwvRElWPg0KPERJVj4mbmJzcDsmbmJzcDsmbmJzcDsmbmJzcDsmbmJzcDsmbmJzcDsmbmJzcDsm bmJzcDsmbmJzcDsmbmJzcDsmbmJzcDsmbmJzcDsmbmJzcDsmbmJzcDsmbmJzcDsmbmJzcDsmbmJz cDsmbmJzcDsmbmJzcDsmbmJzcDsmbmJzcDsmbmJzcDsmbmJzcDsmbmJzcDsmbmJzcDsmbmJzcDsm bmJzcDsmbmJzcDsmbmJzcDsmbmJzcDsmbmJzcDsmbmJzcDsmbmJzcDsmbmJzcDsmbmJzcDsmbmJz cDsmbmJzcDtlNCA9IDY8L0RJVj4NCjxESVY+Jm5ic3A7PC9ESVY+DQo8RElWPlRoYW5rcyBmb3Ig YW55b25lIHRoYXQgY2FuIGhlbHA8L0RJVj48L0JPRFk+PC9IVE1MPg== --____POUSEHRJORNTNXTVHMWN____-- --____TRBQFUNOYCJHJLNRIYFH____-- Tag: 256-Column Limit: No More? Tag: 142259
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    - Excel.exe is not a valid Win32 Application. My system: Vista Business 32bit with SP1, Office 2007 Professional with SP1. For a while I was running Vista (without SP1) and using Office 2007 with SP1. Rarely any issues. Sometime after installing Vista SP1, I've been having odd issues with my Office installation, Excel especially. I don't know if it's its SP1 related, or if it's just something went wrong with the Office install. Here's the issue. I leave my PC on 24/7 and simply lock it when I leave the office. After several days, Excel will just stop working, completely. When I try to launch excel I get the error "Excel.exe is not a valid Win32 application". I have tried reapplying SP1. After reapplying the SP1 and rebooting, everything returned to normal. So I thought. A week or so later, same issue. It turns out simply rebooting resolves the issue temporarily. I thought my Excel exe was corrupted (i.e. some file wrote/deleted information from the binary file). I verified modified dates with other excel exe's and everything is the same. Nothing seems out of the ordinary. I can't find any relevant errors in my event log. I can't see anything out of the ordinary when using SysInternal's process monitor either. It's like something in Vista thinks this EXE is a bad EXE and it won't let it launch until I reboot. I have even noticed after several times of launching the exe, if I browsed to the installation directory, the actual icon for Excel was dimmed, as if it was like a hidden file or something. WTH? When I rebooted, it returned to the normal icon. I have yet to see the icon dim again, even during times of issue. I disabled my antivirus thinking it was the culprit to no avail. What in the world could be happening? When I use the process monitor, the exe never even gets executed (i.e. no events for excel.exe). Please help!!! -Matthew Tag: 256-Column Limit: No More? Tag: 142251
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    - Advanced filter for groups to in Excel Hello - I have a server inventory list that I'm trying to organize for end users based on what group the servers belong in. Some servers belong exclusively in our "Staging 1" environment, some servers belong exclusively in our "Staging 2" environment, and some are shared between the two. I have a column that is named, "Environment" and right now I have assigned the exclusive servers to their appropriate groups however the ones that are shared need to be categorized by something like, "Staging 1 and 2." The problem I'm facing is that I want someone using the spreadsheet to be able to filter based on no more than the two environments - Staging 1 or Staging 2. If someone filters to view either one of those groups then he or she should see the servers in the "Staging 1 and 2" group as well because they're shared across both. Does anyone have a solution? Thanks in advance! Charlie Tag: 256-Column Limit: No More? Tag: 142244
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    - always save backup Can someone please run me through the drill to configure Excel 2002 to always save a backup file when the original is saved. Thanks, Ron Patterson Tag: 256-Column Limit: No More? Tag: 142241
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    - Re-arranging table using pivot-table? I have a worksheet with data organized somewhat like this: New York New York New York Albany Florida Miami Florida Orlando Florida Tampa Florida Jacksonville California Los Angeles California San Diego I need to convert this to a list of states and each city in the columns to the right of their corresponding state. Something like this: New York New York Albany Florida Miami Orlando Tampa Jacksonville California Los Angeles San Diego Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you! Tag: 256-Column Limit: No More? Tag: 142240
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    - Always show the content of a specific cell in the frame of Excel Is it possible always to show the content of a specific cell in the frame of Excel (so you always can see it). Then it is possible always, for examble, to see the sum of some cells, when you are filling the underlying cells with numbers. In QuattroPro ver. 8.0 this was possible. In Danish this cell was called "Lyncelle" - perhaps "Quick-cell" in English. Best wishes Niels Danstrup Tag: 256-Column Limit: No More? Tag: 142238
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    - formula to turn hh:mm cell into x.y hours I need to track billing for a client, with 1/10th hour precision, and where partial groups of 6 minutes round up to the next 1/10th hour (example: 8 minutes = 0.2 hours). I have a start time, and an end time. Then I subtract one from the other and get hh:mm, such as 1:08 which represents 1 hour and 8 minutes. So far so good. But then I want a formula that converts that to 1.2 hours. But everything I try is failing. I can't even figure out how to convert the 1:08 to 68 minutes. Please help me with the formula for the cell below: Start Stop Duration BillableHours 8:00 9:08 1:08 ????? ????? should show 1.2 Thank you. Tag: 256-Column Limit: No More? Tag: 142231
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    - save as pdf crashes Hi, I am having difficulty with the Excel 2007 'save as pdf' functionality. I have posted the troublesome file at the link below: http://dollar.biz.uiowa.edu/~jgoodson/TestRecourse.zip When attempting to save the 'chart1' worksheet as a pdf file, Excel stops working and either closes or restarts. In both cases, the pdf file is not created. I am able to save other Excel documents as pdf files, but, for some reason, this one refuses to be converted to a pdf file. I have reinstalled the 'save as pdf' add-in from Microsoft, but this doesn't help. I appreciate any advice. Thanks, Justin Tag: 256-Column Limit: No More? Tag: 142230
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    - Tab to specific cells I am using excel 2002 and my boss 2003. I want to tab to specific cells in my work sheet. Can anyone help me get started? Tag: 256-Column Limit: No More? Tag: 142226
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    - Excel ignoring date format when saving to Text Hi, I have a spreadsheet that look fine on the screen, perfectly formatted date wise. It's a 2003 SP2 spreadsheet. When I save it to text (Tab delimited) or any other text format it reverts to mm/dd/yyyy formating instead of british dd/mm/yyyy. I've checked all the regional settings on the machine and nothing appears to be wrong with it. Prior to an upgrade to 2003 it was working fine. I tried installing excel 2000 aswell but now that doesn't work either. Any help appreciated. Thanks, Matt Tag: 256-Column Limit: No More? Tag: 142223
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    - Greyed Out - Compare & Merge Workbooks Function Excel 2003 on XP. Regardless of how I try to get this to work, ie opening different files in different sequences, this function is never available. I have followed the Help on Merge Workbooks but it is still greyed out. Any ideas anyone. Many thanks DeanH Tag: 256-Column Limit: No More? Tag: 142212
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    - Problems referencing dates with the MATCH formula I am finding this a little unpredictable. Sometimes it works fine; for example: A B C D Date Mar-08 Feb-08 Jan-08 If I wish to return the column number from the dates: Mar-08 =MATCH(A2,$A$1:$D$1) returns the value 2 Feb-08 =MATCH(A3,$A$1:$D$1) returns the value 3 Jan-08 =MATCH(A4,$A$1:$D$1) returns the value 4 However if I expand the reference to include column E, Dec-07 I get this result: Mar-08 =MATCH(A2,$A$1:$E$1) returns the value 5 (which is the total number of cells in the reference). Can anyone explain why this would be the case? (The dates are actually 01/03/2008 (UK style) but I have used custom format to display them as mmm-yy. Also the dates are always the first of the month.) Then next part of my question is a little more complex. In column A I have a product names In column B I have the first date that this product was sold. In Column D to A I have the product sales by month. I would like to use the AVERAGE formula in in column C to calculate the average sales over time. However not all products have the same history; some are more recent than others; products have the value zero in the months before they appeared. Therefore if a product has been around since the start the formula will be =AVERAGE(D2:Z2) But if the product has only been around for the past three months the formula will be =AVERAGE(D2:F2) I would like to use the MATCH formula (or a similar formula) to replace the second cell reference in my AVERAGE formula. That is, a nested formula that references the values in column B (the date the product was first sold) and returns the appropriate column reference. I hope I have been clear. Can anyone help with either of these question? I would be eternally grateful. Harry Tag: 256-Column Limit: No More? Tag: 142207
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    - Referencing Dates with the MATCH formula I am finding the MATCH formula to be a little unpredictable when used with dates: Sometimes it works as I would expect. For example: A Date, Mar-08,Feb-08,Jan-08 Tag: 256-Column Limit: No More? Tag: 142205
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    - Help with printing gridlines I have a wksht where I can see the gridlines, and have selected a checkmark to print out with the gridlines. However, if I do a print preview or print, the gridlines are missing in the output. I must have turned something off accidentally. Bob Tag: 256-Column Limit: No More? Tag: 142201
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    - date reformatting I have a date m/d/yyyy and would like to convert it to mm/dd/yyyy. I tried format-custom-mm/dd/yy but it is returning m/d/yyyy can someone help me out? Tag: 256-Column Limit: No More? Tag: 142196
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    - Groups? Discussions? I am thoroughly confused! Over the weekend (and now of course) I posted questions in this â??areaâ??. When I got to work this morning and started looking for the posts, I found that at work I have set my favorites to look for Excel questions in an â??Office / Communityâ??. I now know why I have a heck of a time finding all my posts and answers. Can someone please direct to someone, or something that will clear up what the difference is between Forums, Discussion Groups, and Newsgroups on Microsoft.com, and which one I should be using? They do not appear to be the same. Thanks. Tag: 256-Column Limit: No More? Tag: 142191
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    - Help with formula I have 2 pages Page 1 is booking form In page 2 I am doing this ='Booking Form '!J11 This refers to a name on the booking form, however it shows ='Booking Form '!J11 instead of John Smith. This works ok for the other cells. What am I doing wrong? On page 2 I press = and then click on the cell J11 on the `booking form` page and press enter. thanks Tag: 256-Column Limit: No More? Tag: 142187
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    - Cannot open shared Excel file because it is locked by own id A fellow user maintains an Excel file on a Windows Server 2000 box that is shared across a network. This user accesses the Excel file from his desktop which is running Windows XP SP2. Frequently, he cannot open his shared Excel file because it is locked by his own id. This problem persists for hours but at the longest is cleared up on its own by the next day. He does not have the Excel file open and there is no instance of process EXCEL.EXE executing on his desktop PC. I have tried asking him to: 1. Close Windows Explorer because it can read data about the file and hence leave it open. 2. Reboot his PC 3. Login to my PC using his User Id All to no avail. I have little control over the Window Server 2000 box hosting the shared Excel file in question. Is there anyway to further isolate the problem? For instance, are there known problems with Windows Server 2000 opportunistic locking support? If so, what fix level was it corrected in? Any help would be appreciated. --Thank you, --Mike Jr Tag: 256-Column Limit: No More? Tag: 142186
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    - Forcing a cell to be formatted as text - when using the Match Index Hello - I am trying to do use the Match and Index functions to perform a Vlookup. However, the column for which I am attempting to match values will not convert to text format (thus disallowing me from doing the Lookup). Does anyone have any suggestions. FYI, the way that I know that it isn't text is when I use the =istext() function, i get "false". And I know that my formula is correct, because when i actually paste the cells from the other table, the Formula produces the desired result. Thanks for any help! Tag: 256-Column Limit: No More? Tag: 142180
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    - Excel 2003 - VBA - SUMIF Here is a tough one: I have a table with rows of information including an ID Code. The ID code is made up of four characters, each meaning something distinct. I want to create a flexible reporting system where the user can specify which of these rows to include in the report. Up to here there have been no problems, example; Code IMDA specifies an account that is active, indicated by the "A". Most accounts are Active but there is also the possibility for it to be Inactive, in which case the Code would have been IMDI, for Inactive. To gather the Net Worth of these accounts, I simply look for the distinct code. SUMIF(A5:A1500,"IMDA",CW5:CW1500) SUMIF(A5:A1500,"IMDI",CW5:CW1500) Challenge: I would like to have the ability to use wildcards (+) in the Code to indicate that any character in that position should be considered a match. The above code would produce a report that has two cells showing all Active IMD accounts (IMDA), and all Inactive (IMDI). I would like to offer the user the ability to insert the wildcard by changing the code to be able to handle a Pseudo Code of IMD+ where the last character is inconsequential to a match. In the real world, this "+" could be in any position. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to proceed? Craig Tag: 256-Column Limit: No More? Tag: 142175
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    - Re : Excel Wrap-Text with Relatively Loose Strings Re : Excel Wrap-Text with Relatively Loose Strings 1. Enters an Excel worksheet (received from the wilderness). 2. In a fixed-width cell, there is an entry such as the following string :- ZSL - Postion Indicator HS - Hand switch / Push Button SS - Selector switch DCS - Distributed Control System SDV - Shut down Valve BDV - Blow down Valve LCP - Local control Panel BSY - Solenoid Valve 3. It was after discreetly manipulating the string (by adding extraneous spaces between the given items, as shown), it rendered the string to assemble as follows (See ?!) :- ZSL - Postion Indicator HS - Hand switch / Push Button SS - Selector switch DCS - Distributed Control System SDV - Shut down Valve BDV - Blow down Valve LCP - Local control Panel BSY - Solenoid Valve 3. Obviously, legibility of the string is at the mercy of the Cell- width ; subsequent changes of the Cell-width will render the string gibberish ...... and there, another repeated attempt to edit the string by adding or deleting the superfluous spaces here and there to rectify the situation. 4. One is indeed hapless to contemplate a correction by inserting Alt- Enter between the given items and eliminating the spacing strings in- situ. 5. Is there not an applicable formula to neutralize the exemplary loose string such that the subsequent normalization of the string would be an orderly assembly as shown above ? 6. Note that embedded in that item, Hand switch / Push Button, there are 2 spaces located on both sides of the slash(/). And there, the length of spacing strings would be 3 spaces and beyond. 7. Please share your experiences and recommend a solution. 8. Regards. Tag: 256-Column Limit: No More? Tag: 142173
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    - average of a range, but only for the cells that contain values Hello - Anyone familiar with a way to take an average of a range of cells, but only for the cells that contain values. So for example: 9 0 9 9 The average of the above four cells should produce an output of 9. Thanks for any suggestions. Tag: 256-Column Limit: No More? Tag: 142170
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    - Filter question Hi, I have a Pivot Table in Excel 2007 with data. I have a Date column. I need to filter the data so it shows me the data from 01-01-2008 and today date minus 1 day. I would like to have the data filtered automatically (without having to go everyday manually and change the filter date). I can see some auto filters to filter for yesterday, today, the last month, year to date, etc. I tried the Between option but it only lets me define dates, it doesn't let me define references to other cells or formulas (like =today()-1 for example)... Can anyone help me on this please? Thanks in advance, Elsa Tag: 256-Column Limit: No More? Tag: 142160
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    - test value between range, and month I cant get the condA or condB to execute if value of A1 fall within range 1 to 10 if(and(A1 >= 1, A1 <= 10), condA, condB) How to get the month with a increment value as below a b c 0 mth inc 2 mth inc 1 2 3 30-may-08 =text(c3,"mmm") will get value of "may" how to get "jul" 4 Tag: 256-Column Limit: No More? Tag: 142159
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    - Pivot Table Formatting I have read past posts on Pivot Table formatting and have achieved some success with the formatting problem. My current problem is that on one spreadsheet I have used AutoFormat to get the look I want for the Pivot Table. On this table I expanded the width of the columns and the formatting has held in place. I then created a new and separate spreadsheet file using the former one as a template. Everything looks great, except on this file, every time I refresh, the columns go back to the default width. I have tried enabling selection before widening the columns with no luck. Any help is always appreciated. I am using Excel 2002 and XP Home Tag: 256-Column Limit: No More? Tag: 142157
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    - Data from one sheet to another sheets Dear Sir, I have a ZoneWise Worksheet i;e nz01,nz02,nz03.wz01,wz02,wz03,sz01,sz02,sz03 and so on. Now i want to copy this data according to ZoneWise For example: nz01 in sheet1, nz02 in sheet2, wz01 in sheet 3 and so no Thanks In Advance Hardeep kanwar Tag: 256-Column Limit: No More? Tag: 142154
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    - delete blanks cells Sir, How to delete filtered Blanks Cells Thanks Hardeep kanwar Tag: 256-Column Limit: No More? Tag: 142151
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    - combine sheets Hi! I have a workbook with 50 worksheets. And i want to combine 50 sheets into one sheet Is it possible? If yes then how Thanks in Advance Hardeep Kanwar Tag: 256-Column Limit: No More? Tag: 142147
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    - The macros in this project are disabled. From the ControlBox when clicking on the Exit Design Mode button, I get a message: The macros in this project are disabled. This is preventing me from running my project. Any Ideas ??? Tag: 256-Column Limit: No More? Tag: 142140
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    - General Novice Questions (Protection, Format) I have created a spreadsheet and have restricted a row and footing row (totals) from being changed by using the "format cells / protection" feature. I have left all the data entry rows unprotected so that the entry people can make changes. These entry rows have columns with specfics formats like Date, Currency, etc and I make it all look nice with the grid feature. Finally, I set "Tools /Protection/ Protect sheet" to active the protected cells. The problem is how can the user Insert new rows? To get around this, I created enough rows so that the user has the space they need (50 rows) to accomodate the necessary entries. The new problem is that if the user forgets to make any entry they have to Insert which they cannot do because of the protection. So, to get around this they can drag the lower existing data rows down, but then the opening they create loses the format that I set for that column and the nice grid I put in disappears in those rows? Any tips? Thanks Tag: 256-Column Limit: No More? Tag: 142127
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    - Insert row in Office 2007 Can someone advise me how to insert more than 1 row a time. Thanks, Scott Tag: 256-Column Limit: No More? Tag: 142124
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    - Removing filtered Blanks Cells Hi! How can i remove filtered blanks cells Thanks Hardeep kanwar Tag: 256-Column Limit: No More? Tag: 142123
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    - Two XLStart Directories I seem to have two XLStart Directories: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\XLSTART C:\Documents and Settings\GB\Application Data\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART Do I need both? I remember having some problems when I added some xla files to one or other of those, but I can't remember how I resolved it in the end. This is a single user machine, by the way, with only one user account created on it. Tag: 256-Column Limit: No More? Tag: 142121
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    - amortization tables how do i create amortization tables in Excel 2003 Tag: 256-Column Limit: No More? Tag: 142118
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    - Simple formula request From http://www.socialsecurity.gov/OACT/COLA/piaformula.html There is this paragraph; For an individual who first becomes eligible for old-age insurance benefits or disability insurance benefits in 2008, or who dies in 2008 before becoming eligible for benefits, his/her PIA will be the sum of: (a) 90 percent of the first $711 of his/her average indexed monthly earnings, plus (b) 32 percent of his/her average indexed monthly earnings over $711 and through $4,288, plus (c) 15 percent of his/her average indexed monthly earnings over $4,288. I would like to write a single line to take the income (shown in an adjacent cell) and produce the benefit based on this rule. I'm sure it's simple, but I am having a brain freeze. Would someone be so kind as to help me? (Please forgive the duplicate post to the Mac group, this is not Mac related, pretty generic question) Joe www.blog.joetaxpayer.com Tag: 256-Column Limit: No More? Tag: 142110
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    - Validation Criteria & Ignore Blank (cells at bottom) Hi All, I have a named list that has a bunch of blank cells at the bottom so the user can grow the list as needed. The ignore blank check box in data validation looks tempting, but I still get all the blank cells at the bottom of my drop down list. Does anyone know how to get it so the blank cells don't show in the list. Worksheet called License_Only has data from C2:C210. The data is pulled from a second file as follows: C2 - =IF(ISBLANK([Ontario_MGS_Price_List.xls]License_Only!C2),"", [Ontario_MGS_Price_List.xls]License_Only!C2) C3 - =IF(ISBLANK([Ontario_MGS_Price_List.xls]License_Only!C3),"", [Ontario_MGS_Price_List.xls]License_Only!C3) etc. to C252. Even thought C211 to C252 are blank, I'm hoping to have the spreadsheet still work when new licenses are added to the bottom of the price list in these blank cells. Defined Name called License_Only is set to =OFFSET(License_Only!$C $2,0,0,COUNTA(License_Only!$C:$C),1) Worksheet called Definition has the drop down cell T39 with - Data Validation > Settings: List, Ignore Blank checked, In-cell Dropdown checked and Source is =License_Only. I'm trying to get T39 to not include C211 to C252 (the blank cells from the License_Only worksheet) unless there is data in them. Any ideas? Thanks! Michele Tag: 256-Column Limit: No More? Tag: 142108
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    - automatic backup how do I configure Excel 2002 to create an automatic backup copy when I create a new file or edit an existing file. Thanking, Ron Patterson Tag: 256-Column Limit: No More? Tag: 142104
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    - Dotted border that delineates pages How do I remove a dotted border, that seems to delineate pages, from my spread sheet? I appeared out of the blue, but probably the result of me accidentally selecting something. Maybe during print. Tag: 256-Column Limit: No More? Tag: 142103
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If so, what's the earliest version that allows more than 256
columns?
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Re: 256-Column Limit: No More? by Pete_UK

Pete_UK
Tue May 13 19:28:42 CDT 2008

Excel 2007 allows up to 1 million rows and 16 thousand columns.

Pete

On May 14, 1:25=A0am, "(PeteCresswell)" <x...@y.Invalid> wrote:
> If so, what's the earliest version that allows more than 256
> columns?
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Re: 256-Column Limit: No More? by (PeteCresswell)

(PeteCresswell)
Wed May 14 19:04:57 CDT 2008

Per Pete_UK:
>Excel 2007 allows up to 1 million rows and 16 thousand columns.

Would that be version 11?
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Re: 256-Column Limit: No More? by Pete_UK

Pete_UK
Wed May 14 19:31:04 CDT 2008

I don't know - I'm still using XL2000.

Pete

On May 15, 1:04=A0am, "(PeteCresswell)" <x...@y.Invalid> wrote:
> Per Pete_UK:
>
> >Excel 2007 allows up to 1 million rows and 16 thousand columns.
>
> Would that be version 11?
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Re: 256-Column Limit: No More? by Mike

Mike
Wed May 14 20:19:39 CDT 2008

PeteCresswell -

Excel 2007 is version 12.

- Mike Middleton
http://www.DecisionToolworks.com
Decision Analysis Add-ins for Excel

"(PeteCresswell)" <x@y.Invalid> wrote in message
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> Per Pete_UK:
>>Excel 2007 allows up to 1 million rows and 16 thousand columns.
>
> Would that be version 11?
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