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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: Pivot Table Formatting Tag: 142154
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    - delete blanks cells Sir, How to delete filtered Blanks Cells Thanks Hardeep kanwar Tag: Pivot Table Formatting 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: Pivot Table Formatting 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: Pivot Table Formatting 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: Pivot Table Formatting 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: Pivot Table Formatting Tag: 142124
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    - Removing filtered Blanks Cells Hi! How can i remove filtered blanks cells Thanks Hardeep kanwar Tag: Pivot Table Formatting 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: Pivot Table Formatting Tag: 142121
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    - amortization tables how do i create amortization tables in Excel 2003 Tag: Pivot Table Formatting 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 $4,288. I would like to write a single line to take the income (shown in an adjacent cell) and produce the benefit based on this rule. I'm sure it's simple, but I am having a brain freeze. Would someone be so kind as to help me? (Please forgive the duplicate post to the Mac group, this is not Mac related, pretty generic question) Joe www.blog.joetaxpayer.com Tag: Pivot Table Formatting Tag: 142110
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    - Validation Criteria & Ignore Blank (cells at bottom) Hi All, I have a named list that has a bunch of blank cells at the bottom so the user can grow the list as needed. The ignore blank check box in data validation looks tempting, but I still get all the blank cells at the bottom of my drop down list. Does anyone know how to get it so the blank cells don't show in the list. Worksheet called License_Only has data from C2:C210. The data is pulled from a second file as follows: C2 - =IF(ISBLANK([Ontario_MGS_Price_List.xls]License_Only!C2),"", [Ontario_MGS_Price_List.xls]License_Only!C2) C3 - =IF(ISBLANK([Ontario_MGS_Price_List.xls]License_Only!C3),"", [Ontario_MGS_Price_List.xls]License_Only!C3) etc. to C252. Even thought C211 to C252 are blank, I'm hoping to have the spreadsheet still work when new licenses are added to the bottom of the price list in these blank cells. Defined Name called License_Only is set to =OFFSET(License_Only!$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: Pivot Table Formatting 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: Pivot Table Formatting 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: Pivot Table Formatting Tag: 142103
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    - Formula won't copy down the column I am trying to copy a formula down a column. I have done it for years and worked fine. This time, the first result appears in each cell, but if you look at the formula in copied cells, they show the correct formula has changed as I dragged it down the column. So, the formula changes as I drag, but the answer stays the same as the original cell. The data was sent to me by someone else and I am working with it. I have even copied just the delivered data to a new spreadsheet and the same result. Please help Tag: Pivot Table Formatting Tag: 142093
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    - Changing a formula's result to text I have a pretty simple worksheet that lists the date in column A. In column B, I have a formula that converts the date in Column A to the proper day of week. When I put it in a pivot table, it treats column B as an individual date, not the proper DOW. I attempted to copy/paste special/values into a new column, but it doesn't change it to the DOW, it leaves it as the date. I am trying to get Excel to permanently change the cells in column B to say "Tuesday" instead of 4/19/07. Does that make sense? All of the conventional answers don't seem to work for me. Any help? Tag: Pivot Table Formatting Tag: 142089
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    - Footer to list Directory & Filename I can get the Filename to list in the foot. But, I need the Directory information to also print. How can this be done? Tag: Pivot Table Formatting Tag: 142082
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    - Printing gridlines 2007 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: Pivot Table Formatting Tag: 142081
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    - Merge and Centre This is my sheet SLR NO. NAME POINTS REDEEM POINTS TOTAL 001 HARDEEP 4500.00 2000.00 4500.00 002 HARDEEP 4500.00 2000.00 4500.00 003 JOHN 8500.00 1200.00 8500.00 004 WILLS 10500.00 5000.00 10500.00 005 WILLS 10500.00 5000.00 10500.00 006 DAVE 9500.00 4000.00 9500.00 007 DAVE 9500.00 4000.00 9500.00 And i Want like this SLR NO. NAME POINTS REDEEM POINTS TOTAL 001 HARDEEP 4500.00 2000.00 4500.00 003 JOHN 8500.00 1200.00 8500.00 004 WILLS 10500.00 5000.00 10500.00 006 DAVE 9500.00 4000.00 9500.00 Because this sheet has 1800 or more data some data has same and i want to merge and centre the same data. And after every 15 days i received this type of sheet and it is very diffcult for me to merge and centre one by one Any help will be appriciate Thanks in Advance Hardeep kanwar Tag: Pivot Table Formatting Tag: 142080
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    - updating DATEDIFF arguments in formula Hi. I have a column of dates, and at the bottom, I want to calculate the number of days between the first and last dates. I' using the formula =(DATEDIF(B6,B15,"d")) The problem is that as I add dates, I have to edit the formula to change B15 to the reference of the new row (e.g., B16, B17, etc.). Is there any way to make this work like other formulas do when you add rows? Alternatively, is there another way to accomplish this calculation that will update automatically? Thanks. Rodney Tag: Pivot Table Formatting Tag: 142079
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    - Conditional colours in Lookup table Hello, I have a table that reports results from a lookup table. The results are in column "L" I am wanting specifics to be highlighted. If a cell reports "sam" or "jim" to be blue etc. Thanks in advance Andrew Tag: Pivot Table Formatting Tag: 142078
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    - Bringing ni data from OLAP cube, and filternig on it Hi, I bring in a cube, then i browse the dimension. the dialog for fitlering opens up ('label filters', 'value filters'...) and all the values are checked. I want all of them to be unchecked, by default. anybody knows of any way to do that? Thanks Jonathan Tag: Pivot Table Formatting Tag: 142076
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    - Use worksheet number instead of name in formulas Good morning everybody, I have looked through a few groups and I haven't been able to find what I need to do, so here goes: is there a standard function/formula that allows you to reference the work sheet number rather than the worksheet name when referencing a cell in a different worksheet than you are currently in? i.e.: instead of this: "='My worksheet name'!A1" do this: "=sheet(1)!A1" If there is no standard, then I will just make the VBA, but no use doing that if it is not necessary Tim Tag: Pivot Table Formatting Tag: 142075
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    - Excel is giving me zeros Excel is giving me zeros. I'll put in a formula that very obviously should give a non-zero result, but the cell says "0". I tried different simple formulas, even just =93=3Df8+f9=94, but the result is 0. The source cells have numbers entered into them. I checked formatting of the formula cell and of the source cells. I tried different formattings (number, percentage, etc) and they all give the result of 0. I have other spreadsheets that do the same thing. Any idea what could cause this? Tag: Pivot Table Formatting Tag: 142067
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    - Default File Location for Code When I export code, they currently default to Program Files>Microsoft Office>Office10. Is there a way to specify a new default directory for my code? Tag: Pivot Table Formatting Tag: 142065
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    - Excel 2007 Question I want to bring data into an excel 2007 worksheet that is stored in a sql database table. The idea is to parameterize the "where" clause in the sql select statement limiting the result set. There are lots of examples in the literature with regard to bringing in data stored in cubes --- but not so much from data in sql table. The basic issue is I want bring in descriptive information about say a contract (things like description, signing date, etc). Cubes which most (all) of the literature deals with are dealing with aggregations of amounts or "measures" and not so much about descriptions. As always all suggestions are welcome. Mark Tag: Pivot Table Formatting Tag: 142062
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    - Macro I'm trying to do up a line chart based on a table on 'Project Summary Report' sheet. I recorded a macro and Excel generated a series of codes as follows: Charts.Add ActiveChart.ChartType = xlLineMarkers ActiveChart.SetSourceData Source:=Sheets("Project Summary Report").Range( _ "A1:C4"), PlotBy:=xlColumns ActiveChart.SeriesCollection(1).Delete ActiveChart.SeriesCollection(1).XValues = _ "='Project Summary Report'!R2C1:R4C1" ActiveChart.SeriesCollection(2).XValues = _ "='Project Summary Report'!R2C1:R4C1" ActiveChart.Location Where:=xlLocationAsObject, Name:= _ "Project Summary Report" The values on the active sheet are actually generated from a query in Access 2003 and are automated to be displayed on an Excel spreadsheet. In other words, the query result set can get bigger. An example: 1st row indicates the column names "A", "B", "C" while 1st column indicates the rows "1", "2" and "3" ----A-------B--------C----- 1---Week--Target--Actual 2---1-------3---------3----- 3---2-------3---------4----- 4---3-------4---------5----- My question is does the range that is generated from ActiveChart.SetSourceData Source:=Sheets("Project Summary Report").Range( _ "A1:C4"), PlotBy:=xlColumns vary accordingly? Do I have to declare a variable say, 'rowCount' as worksheet1.UsedRange.Row.Count so that a variable range can be defined? Same applies for ActiveChart.SeriesCollection(1).Delete ActiveChart.SeriesCollection(1).XValues = _ "='Project Summary Report'!R2C1:R4C1" ActiveChart.SeriesCollection(2).XValues = _ "='Project Summary Report'!R2C1:R4C1" Do I have to declare a variable for the range of SeriesCollection(1).XValues? Thanks in advance. Tag: Pivot Table Formatting Tag: 142060
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    - Cannot save Excel files to certain folders !! Has anyone else observed the anomaly of NOT being able to save a file to a folder because of the folder name syntax? In our company, we adopted a convention, many years ago, of using square brackets, such as "[" and "]", when naming certain hard disk folders. For example, "[ System ]" or "[ Dump ]" or "[ Shared ]" or "[ General ]" or "[ Library ]". This convention allowed us to give certain folders visual precedence by displaying them at the top of the directory listing when viewed in Windows Explorer and in application 'Open' dialogs. The square brackets also set the name visually apart. This convention also helped remove folders that would have otherwise been alphabetically interspersed amongst other unrelated folders. As such, the remaining folders, of a similar relation, were also kept together. This convention is perfectly legal within Windows. The naming of folders, using the square brackets, does not generate any error messages or syntax corrections. However, it does create a problem when trying to save new Excel worksheets to such a folder! A new worksheet CANNOT be saved to any folder with a pathname that includes square brackets. Another irony is that you can open an existing worksheet form such a folder and save it, after making changes, but you cannot save a new or 'Save As' worksheet in any such location. I suspect this relates somehow to the Excel convention of referencing cells in another worksheet by enclosing the worksheet name in square brackets. Either way, it has been a serious problem for us because this hard disk folder naming convention is so widespread in our small company. FIRST, it is extremely frustrating. SECOND, Excel should allow access to any file saved in a folder created following proper Windows Vista naming conventions. THIRD, we certainly consider this a BUG, or at best, a very serious oversight by Microsoft. FOURTH, it should be an embarrassment that a user cannot save a Microsoft application file to a Microsoft operating system folder, especially when they have followed proper naming conventions. FIFTH, we fear this could also happen if the users use other special characters as part of their naming convention. Has anyone noticed this problem and what is the chance of Microsoft correcting this issue? Tag: Pivot Table Formatting Tag: 142059
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    - Older worksheet size I have several older worksheets. Each one has a corresponding macro (xlm) sheet. They are set up so that when a worksheet is opened, the macro sheet opens in the background (hidden). I want each worksheet to be the same size that exists when I save the file. Then, later when the file is opened, it goes from the size I gave it to a full screen window. The macro sheet has an Auto.Start command. It reads: =ECHO(FALSE) =Custom() ( This is a special set of commands for the worksheet ) =CALCULATION(1,FALSE,,,TRUE,FALSE,FALSE) =RETURN() What is making the file grow in size? AND how do I change it? Roger Tag: Pivot Table Formatting Tag: 142058
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    - Excel and Powerpoint? Hi, We use Office 2003 standard on Windows XP computers. All the computers are P4 2GHz machines with 1GB RAM. I have one user who has a problem with running Excel and Power Point at the same time. She can never demonstrate to the problem to me but says that they simply shutdown. No error messages or any indication why, they just go away and she looses her work. I've rebuilt the computer, from scratch, twice now and the problem persists. Any ideas what could cause this and why only one user has the problem? Thanks in advance, Linn P.S. Oh, all patches have been applied and Office is on sp3. Tag: Pivot Table Formatting Tag: 142049
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    - Merge cells I have a set of tables where I am putting descriptions before the tables that I would like to wrap. But the wrapping seems to be only for a specific cell. I would like my comments to span multiple cells and act as one cell, then wrap in that one new cell. I can do one row of text where the text spans multiple cells as long as there is nothing in the cells to the right. But I can't wrap a paragraph that way. In html, I would just do a Colspan= 5 to have the 1st span 5 cells as one. Can you do this type of thing in Excell 2007? I can use a label, but was curious if you can do it the other way. Thanks, Tom Tag: Pivot Table Formatting Tag: 142048
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    - Closing Excel 2007 It seems to me that the behaviour differs depending upon the existance of files in the XLSTART folder: if that folder is empty, Excel closes correctly; if you have a PERSONAL.XLSB or similar file in the XLSTART folder then Excel doesn't close with the last workbook - presumably because the hidden workbook is the last workbook and that book isn't closed yet? Tag: Pivot Table Formatting Tag: 142041
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    - formatting Hello, does anyone know how I can look at a cell without seeing a special character? I need to determine a length by subtracting one cell from another but the numbers in the cell are engineering stationing in the format xxx+xx.xx (300+45.10). I need to use this data to get the number 30045.10 to then subtract from another cell of the same type. Tag: Pivot Table Formatting Tag: 142038
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    - Color Coding by Condition Excel 2000 Is there a way to color-code a row based on a condition of one cell in that row, but not using Visual Basic Editor? Conditional formatting would be perfect except I am only allowed 3 conditions. I have a column containing several different numbers and I am trying to color code groups of numbers which would require more than 3 conditions. There are approximately 100 or so different numbers and a total of 8 colors (conditions). I'm not an expert at all in Excel and if Visual Basic Editor is needed then I would need some step by step guidance with it. I appreciate any help! Thanks CV Tag: Pivot Table Formatting Tag: 142029
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    - Can this be done? If I have the following cell values: B6 contains A C6 contains 5 D6 contains .35 I need to set cell H6 to: A,DCS,5A,0V,<.35V,0S,1S where A is based upon the contents of B6 5 is based upon the contents of C6 and .35 is based upon the contents of D6. If I change the values of B6, C6 or D6, the contents of H6 reflect those changes accordingly. For example if B6=B, C6=7.5, D6=.3 then H6 becomes B,DCS,7.5A,0V,<.3V,0S,1S Can this be done in xcel and if so how? Thanks -Mike Tag: Pivot Table Formatting Tag: 142027
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    - Insert Code with Worksheet Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range) ' Do Something End Sub I have the above code in Sheet1 of my Workbook. When I Insert a new Worksheet, I want the code to be copied to the new Worksheet as well, OR have the original code work in all Worksheets. Can someone explain how? Tag: Pivot Table Formatting Tag: 142025
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    - CountIf with VBA Hi all, I am a newbie in excel and having a problem with countif function. Currently in the actual worksheet I was unable to set a CountIf formula with multiple criteria. Can we set it with excel VBA? Or just like using Dlookup function to find excatly match row contents. Please advise. Rgds, Shiro Tag: Pivot Table Formatting Tag: 142020
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    - New problem opening Excel from Windows file folder This problem just started. When I double click an Excel file from a file folder I get an error window that pops up that says can't find file. It keeps saying that several times and then it finally opens the file. Apparently if the folder name has any spaces in it Excel attempts to look for a file from that link and each space in the folder name it stops to check that until it makes its way through the entire folder name. For example my folder address looks like this: Y:\SAP\SOX\2008 IT Testing\excel.xls. So excel is evaluating that folder name and each space it thinks is the end of the address. The error boxes appear and I just keep hitting OK and eventually the file opens. It never used to do this. Did I click something inadvertantly? Has anyone ever experienced this? Thanks Tag: Pivot Table Formatting Tag: 142018
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    - Charting I have a created a trend . However for a couple of year data points the values are blank. Since there is formula embedded in those cells I really dont want to touch it. So when I graph over it it would show as 0 . In graphs we would be seeing all Zig Zag lines. If I want the data points to maintain the flow from where the last data point was available and not let the line drop to zero is that possible to excel graphs ? Or should I put another condition in the cell to pick the previous cell incase its blank or 0 or no value ? Any way out ? Appreciate all your help in advance. thanks SD Tag: Pivot Table Formatting Tag: 142014
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    - Pivot Changes when refreshed with the same data Hello , I am just not able to find out why my data is changing. I had created a Pivot from a dataset. The numbers matched. I saved it. When I opened the pivot after a couple of days , I added a conditonal FLAG column in the dataset so that I could bring that condition to the Pivot. I only refresh the Pivot to get the new variable name added, however most of the data changes, I do not why. Numbers are intact, and fearing I would lose the effort I do not save it. I close it and open the original file. When I double click on any cell of column I get around 80 rows. When I refresh it and double click on the same cell on the pivot I get 160 rows. Now how is this possible ? is it because I added a column in the data set ? Say Columns A to G are in the data set. I saw column E blank so I added my conditional flag in there so that I do not have to again change the range. Is it because of this ? Now how do I get it back or is there a work around this ? Do I need to start all over again :((( Appreciate any help. thanks SD Tag: Pivot Table Formatting Tag: 142013
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    - Difficulties with named range I have a single cell named BRHCTS in several excel files. It indicates the bottom-right-hand-corner of the range I am interested in. The upper right hand corner is always the cell A10. Therefore, the range I want to copy from each of my files (into a consolidated worksheet) is "A10:BRHCTS". Can anyone advise me how I can do that without opening the source files? Thanks. Tag: Pivot Table Formatting Tag: 142012
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    - Is there any short-cut key to switch between different worksheet Thanks a lot Tag: Pivot Table Formatting Tag: 142009
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    - Calculate average of a range, but exclude errors Hello! In my workbook I have several worksheets. In cell B2 of every worksheet, there is an average from the data in that worksheet. As this is a template, some data is not entered yet, and some B2 cells show error (div by 0). Now, I wanted to calculate the average from B2 cells of all worksheets, but exclude all cells with errors. My formula =Average(Sheet1:Sheet12!B2) How do I modify this to work? Thakks Peter Tag: Pivot Table Formatting Tag: 142008
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    - How to 'format' cells to be 'absolute' references ? How to 'format' cells to be 'absolute' references ? Trying to setup cells with date formulas (for project management) with formula cell to show date from sum of reference date cell plus number of days cell, and make formula cell an absolute value so can sort cells by that cell column (per discussion at ... http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?query=absolute+reference&dg=microsoft.public.excel&cat=en_US_e064c9ec-14bf-4ef7-ba07-6a1970559f64&lang=en&cr=US&pt=&catlist=&dglist=&ptlist=&exp=&sloc=en-us ...ie, cell-3 = $cell-1(date) + $cell-2(number of days) How to get reference cells to be absolute values by formating, or set with shortcut key, or set with main menu pick ? -- akm Thanks again for your help. ---- Ah, the miracle of computers!... someone also said "To error is human, but to really screw up it takes a computer!" Tag: Pivot Table Formatting Tag: 142003
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    - formula for total days, excluding holidays but including weekends I need a formula to calculate total days (working days) that excludes holidays, but includes weekends. The networkdays formula doesn't work since we work on weekends and have variable days off. I wanted to put the select days off( some weekdays and some weekends in a holiday range), and have them subtracted from the start date, end date range if they fall in the range. Tag: Pivot Table Formatting Tag: 142000
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    - Excel 2007 compatibility mode + Vista offline files = broken? Problem: (the short-short-short version): Environment: Win2k3 SP2 file-server, Vista SP1 clients, AD domain with roaming profiles. Office 2007 SP1 is installed. Offline files is enabled on a share by group policy. Steps to reproduce: A pre-existing excel 2003 file is present on a share that is available offline. A user WITH A ROAMING PROFILE is logged into a vista client (yes, the roaming profile seems to make a difference) 1) Right click on the file, view properties, hit the offline files tab. The file is online. 2) Now open the file in excel 2007. Observe that Excel opens the file in compatibility mode. Right click on the file again, check status, and the file is OFFLINE. 3) Make a change and close the file (saving the change.) Check file status. Still offline. Wait a half-hour. Check again. STILL OFFLINE (not even background syncing!) There are two problems as I seem them: 1) Another user can open an already open file WITHOUT A WARNING that the file is in use. Excel 2003 used to warn that the file could be opened read-only. Compatibility mode SHOULD be emulating this behavior (or it isn't really compatible!) 2) Even if problem #1 isn't resolved, it is unreasonable to expect end-users to manually sync after opening and closing a file. Bottom line, upgrading to Office 2007 killed a feature we rely on in our environment. Office 2003 didn't have this problem. Excel 2007 with native .xlsx doesn't have this problem. It seems to be a bug in Excel 2007's compatibility mode. Thoughts? -Cliff Tag: Pivot Table Formatting Tag: 141999
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    - Aggregating Data in Fifteen Unopened Spreadsheets into Single I have a series of 15 spreadsheets, all having the same column structure. They all have the same filename barring first two letters which refer to a persons initials. The 15 files are stored in the same directory. In that directory I'd like to create a sixteenth file which consolidates much of the data in the 15 files. I want to use that consolidated data in a pivot table. I know that the top-left- hand-corner of the range I want within each of the 15 spreadsheet files is the Cell A10. I cannot be so precise with the bottom right hand corner (BRHC) as the number of rows is variable in each of the fifteen sheets. I know that the BRHC is in column S (if that helps). Additionally, within each of the 15 files there is around 25 rows of data below the BRHC which I do not want to insert into the consolidated file. Can anyone give me pointers as to the easiest way that I can create the sixteenth file, without having any blank rows in that consolidated file. Ideally without the hassle of having to open the 15 files. Thanks. Tag: Pivot Table Formatting Tag: 141998
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    - Value in list wont show same amount of numbers. I have a list of values. For some reason, I cant get one of the values to display the same amount of numbers as the others in the list. I have tried manually changing the cell format, as well as performing the paste special - operation, add procedure. The actual number is:530911.0010 (with the zero on the end) I am performing a vlookup on the list so I need them all uniform. Any clues? 530720.0000 530810.0000 530911.001 530919.0090 530921.4090 540233.6000 540331.0040 Tag: Pivot Table Formatting Tag: 141994
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    - Weird result when printing from macro on one system Maybe someone can help shed some light on this. In Excel 02 (SP3) we have a macro that runs that highlights the selected fields (based on some radial buttons that the user elects) and then it executes: ActiveWindow.SelectedSheets.PrintOut Copies:=2 On 12 of 13 machines it executes perfectly, you get two identical sheets printed out of your default printer. The problem, 1 machine which appears to be setup identical to all the others (including the printer and the print driver) does print the *second* copy correctly. Regardless of the printer the job is sent to (including acrobat writer) the first copy always comes out okay, but the second copy the radial buttons and highlighting get screwed up and you get a somewhat unreadable copy as sheet two. To me it just doesn't make any sense as to why this would happen. But maybe someone here knows just the right tweak to get me back on track. Thank you in advance. Justin Tag: Pivot Table Formatting Tag: 141993
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    - auto fill how do i turn auto fill off? Tag: Pivot Table Formatting Tag: 141990
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    - XL office 2007 file to large I recently created a *relatively large file in excel 2007 and when I tried to save it as a 97-2003 workbook I too was notified that data had been lost. The difference being from what I have read here so far is that the alert message I received informed me that anything after column IV (the original document contains data up to and including column JO) was not saved and this was evidently true. Is there anything I can do to save the entire file as a single 97-2003 workbook without losing anything? Thank you. Tag: Pivot Table Formatting Tag: 141987

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

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Re: Pivot Table Formatting by Shane

Shane
Sun May 11 12:07:14 CDT 2008

Hi Phil,

Select the pivot table and choose Pivot Table, Table Options, and uncheck
AutoFormat table.

Cheers,
Shane Devenshire
Microsoft Excel MVP

"Phil vK" <PhilvK@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:544C3C3D-BE25-4AF5-9F9D-9D0EF06338A6@microsoft.com...
> 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
>

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