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Excel Text Function
Hi anyone who can help me... I have some info in a spreadsheet as follows: A1 B1 C1 Centra Dublin Centra Belfast Centra London If I want to get just Centra out into another cell I would use =LEFT(A1:C1,6) and this works fine. But I want to actually get out the area - Dublin, Belfast or London and some other areas that might have more or less than 7 letters. Any ideas??? Thanks in advance Ann (Dublin, Ireland) =TRIM(SUBSTITUTE(A1,"Centra","")) will work if you have city names and centra.. -- Regards, Peo Sjoblom "Ann&q...

Very annoying behaviour of Excel 2003
Each time I am opening Excel, it is installing some component. This takes several minutes, and becomes very annoying. I recently had to reinstall XP and Office from the distribution CDs. I have the problem since then. It certainly has something to do with the install. Does anyone on this forum ever experienced such a behaviour. I am running Office 2003 on XP SP3. have you tried doing a repair in the help menu? -- Gary Keramidas Excel 2003 "Jean" <Jean@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:020549D4-8070-46ED-8768-821EECD87C88@microsof...

My hide sheet option in excel is not working
My hide sheet option in Excel is not working. It is grayed out so I can not toggle nor use it to hide or unhide sheets. Security is at Medium - would appreciate any insight into how to fix this. Is the sheet protected? You cannot hide a protected sheet. -- Cordially, Chip Pearson Microsoft MVP - Excel Pearson Software Consulting, LLC www.cpearson.com "arleen" <arleen @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:D028B90F-6DDB-4DE6-9F5C-22C137FBE927@microsoft.com... > My hide sheet option in Excel is not working. It is grayed out > so I can not > toggle n...

Setting series values on Excel Chart
Hi I'm struggling very hard in getting beyond this error when trying to use VB to generate a chart from data previously inserted into the sheet. Unable to set the Values property of the Series class. The code works absolutely fine in XL2007 but I am having to port it back to 2003 and the inference is that its empty values that cause it to hiccup - something I cannot avoid. My code is: 1. Retrieve selected data from database and place it at the top of the sheet 2. Add The Chart 3. Iterate through the data (amount can be variable depending upon user inputs) For j as i...

Office XP SP 3 interfering w/ Excel
I tried installing Office XP service pack 3, but, like many other people, I don't have the Microsoft Office CD to insert when prompted. I figured I wouldn't install this update and ignore it. However, I just tried to open Excel to work on something and I received a message that said Windows in trying to update Microsoft Office with Front Page and I need to insert the CD (which I don't have). It also says I could browse for the file 'PROPLUS.MSI' (which I can't find on my computer). I can't open Excel, but all the other Microsoft Office Applications work j...

Passing data from one form to another
Hello I have a form called frmMaindB and it has 5 text boxes on it (txtEmployeeTime, txtDTRegular, txtDTReason1, txtDTReason2, txtDTMaintenance) when I double click on the text box it opens up a pop up form named frm_DecimalConversion. On this form I have two text boxes one box I enter data into and the other calculates or converts the data to a decimal. The box that converts the data is called txtDecimal. Then I have a close button which I want to use to close the pop up form and insert the data into the text box I double clicked in to get the pop up or (frm_DecimalConversion). I have r...

data value in Form field if no table entry
I have a form with a field which pulls through and concentenates 2 fields called [ContactFirstname] and [ContactLastName]from my table There are however some customers for whom I do not have names and therefore instead I would like Sir/Madam to appear in the field in the form I think I have seen this done somewhere using ELSE? but can't find it Any help/ideas gratefully received Perhaps something like this: Nz(Trim([ContactFirstname] & " " + [ContactLastName]), "Sir/Madam") -- Allen Browne - Microsoft MVP. Perth, Western Australia Tips for Access use...

How do I get excel to accept (c) as text and not change to copyri.
How do I enter the text (c) in Excel without having it changed into the copyright symbol? Hi Daffyd, Try: Tools | Autocorrect | Select (c) | Delete | OK --- Regards, Norman "daffyd" <daffyd@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:8CCC3C1A-6F19-4F62-B934-8A71F236A4FD@microsoft.com... > How do I enter the text (c) in Excel without having it changed into the > copyright symbol? Go into the Tools Menu. Look for AutoCorrect. In the bottom half of the AutoCorrect Tab, look at the list for Replace text as you type. Delete the entry for (c). tj "da...

I've got a formula for stones and pounds
Hello, I've got a column that displays a series of weights in stones & pounds (both in the one cell). How do I get a chart to recognise and display in the same format? Regards, mikelenno What is the format of the cells with stone & pounds It is best to enter such values a 10 3/14 and format the cells with # ??/14 best wishes from one who is INT(275,14) stone & MOD(250,14) lbs -- Bernard V Liengme www.stfx.ca/people/bliengme remove caps from email "mikelenno" <mikelenno@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:5AD608FA-5367-4CED-AD76-1F54228EFDBA...

Excel template that lists each month's meetings w/ some detail
I'm looking for an Excel template that lists every month of the year with room to list weekly, monthly and quarterly meetings, including some detail for each meeting. Probably would need to be landscape oriented. The main intent is to give the person using it an idea of upcoming meetings, the intent of each and what prep is required. ...

How do I make a 'box and whisker plot' graph in Microsoft Excel?
I am in Year 12 and am doing a stats assignment. The project states that i MUST insert a box and whisker plot for some data, but i don't know how to do this. Does anybody know? Hi, Here are some sites on the topic of stats charting not just box and whisker. http://peltiertech.com/Excel/Charts/statscharts.html http://www.processtrends.com/toc_statistical_charts.htm http://tushar-mehta.com/publish_train/data_analysis/16.htm http://people.stfx.ca/bliengme/ExcelTips.htm Cheers Andy -- Andy Pope, Microsoft MVP - Excel http://www.andypope.info "Year 12 student who needs help" &...

Nested schema bug? Project compiles, but doesn't read XML properly
We've run into an issue with VS2005 (at least I *think* it's an issue with Visual Studio) and one of our XML dataset schemas. We're trying to add a nested XML element to an existing element, but even though the project compiles fine, the XML document is not being read into a dataset properly. This is a trimmed-down sample of our current (working) XML document: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <AppMasterDataset xmlns="..."> <Aspects> <Key>...</Key> <Label>...</Label> <Aspect> ...

Help ! formatting data to text
I am creating data in an Excel spreadsheet. I then want to get that data into a simple text email. I have some problems and questions... 1) how do I get the columns of data to line up evenly when I copy the data to email text ? Keep in mind I need to be in simple text format, not HTML or rich text. Every time I do this, all columns become chaos and are unreadable. 2) Is there a simple way to automate the creation of an email from an excel file ? this is less important to me. Thanks in advance WxMachine #1. I think it may have to do with what email client you use, too. I copy and ...

How can I stop charts from refreshing when changing source data?
My problem is, that I am working with a lot of data and when I change some of the ranges all charts in my view refreshes and it takes much time. My pc is aP4 3GHz, 2GB RAM so that should not be the bottleneck. Is there any way to force the charts not to update all the time? ...

Excel problem #3
I am attaching an excel file where i have a problem In the file are 2 sheets, Main & second I want to get data from second sheet to the main sheet by a formula by which the amount in the total column will be posted in the second sheet falling under various dates. I have done for 6 sept 2003 by way of example I do not know any formula by which i can do this automatically Please help me Attachment filename: example.xls Download attachment: http://www.excelforum.com/attachment.php?postid=444742 --- Message posted from http://www.ExcelForum.com/ Hi one way: ...

how do I remove fx from the function line, can't enter data
I have the fx displayed just under my toolbar, and I can't enter or change data in any of the cells in the file. I can't get the red X, the Green check mark, or the black = sign to appear. There are very few areas that are not "greyed out" under the headings at the top. This situation applies to all of the excel files on this computer. I have Excel 2000. Please help. Can you move the cursor around anywhere in the spreadsheet? "dmdranch" wrote: > I have the fx displayed just under my toolbar, and I can't enter or change > data in any of the c...

Excel formulation to automate values
Hi there, I have a little problem on arranging a small multi-worksheet excel here. Let me explain in a short way then give some details on it. I am trying to make an offers recordsheet which has two worksheets in it. One for products(and their base prices) and an offer sheet. I would like to use a bit dynamic data here. So when I type the name of the product excel would give me the price from other worksheet. in details; Prices worksheet is something like: A B 1 Product BasePrice 2 mouse 5 3 keyboard 8 4 ... And the ...

Removing hidden mailto:s from Excel?
I received a spreadsheet attachment yesterday and found a mailto:(my address) embedded in a cell under a text string. It was evident in a tooltip that appeared when cell was hovered-over. I told the sender who now says that many of her spreadsheets - used to handle group memberships - have such hidden addresses. What terms would she use to search for these pests, either in My Docs or on opening each sheet? ...

Printing Word and excel documents via excel vba
I have a document that has some Excel and some word content i would like to use excel vba to print both a page from word and then a page from excel. I know how to select and open the word document, however i cant find any code to print page X from word. basically i need to: print page 1 of c:\xx\document1.doc print page1 of sheet1 of c:\yy\excelwkbk1.xls print page 2 of c:\xx\document1.doc print page2 of sheet1 of c:\yy\excelwkbk1.xls and so on it will require moving between word and excel - the excel bit i get, but getting back to excel from word, and printing out in word is slightly more...

how do i recover data in publisher
i have been entering addresses to set up a mail merge. i cllicked the "ok" button in the window and lost all data . can i recover it Look in a folder in My Documents named "My Data Sources". Publisher data is saved as .mdb(Access) file. Did you try selecting "Edit Address List" in the Mailings and Catalog menu (Tools)? -- Mary Sauer http://msauer.mvps.org/ "dee" <dee@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:690430F1-36DE-47EE-8B7D-DD12A096C075@microsoft.com... >i have been entering addresses to set up a mail merge. i cllicked ...

force excel to run in only one process excel.exe
force excel to run in only one process excel.exe, excel seems to want to make multiple excel.exe loaded into memory which causes mysheet.copy to fail so i have to close out the xls, kill all running excel.exe, then run the xls again and the macro works. i only have to do this when i am actively debugging a lot. if i just run my macro w/o opening the vba debugger, i can run it as much as i want, but if i run with break points it crashes a lot because of multiple excel.exe loaded into memory. perhaps there is a way i can force excel to only load one excel.exe? Daniel, Are you using Automatio...

Using Excel spreadsheet as input to Access
Hello, I posted this in the New Users forum but only got one answer, so thought I'd try here as well. Like so many others, I am an Excel newbie. I was a mainframe COBO programmer in another life, but that was a few years back My manager would like me to write an app that will take tracking dat from an existing Excel spreadsheet (generated by our system) but onl use a select handful of columns as input to a new Access database tha I will create. I'm guessing that I can either a) create a new edited spreadsheet to b used as input to the Access database or b) use the Import wiza...

Using subtotals as single data entries
Sorry about the subject--I couldn't figure out how to describe it simply. I have a large file (16,000 records) of amounts billed by roughly 10,000 service providers. A number of these providers have multiple office locations, so each record is unique to a specific office location. In other words, a provider who billed from 3 different office locations will have 3 entries. Each provider has a unique provider ID number, which stays the same regardless of which office location he is billing from. I want to be able to subtotal the amount billed by each provider for all their office locations...

Excel not displaying German characters correctly.
This is a real puzzler. Has our entire office and IT department stumped. We have two machines (M1 / M2) which are equal spec/ operating system, applications, versions, etc... The only difference that we can see between the two machines is that one (M1) has Internet Explorer encoding set to "UTF-8" with "Automatic" selected. The other (M2) has "Western European ISO" with no automatic selected. Now, when the machines log into a web application and choose to download a German Excel file, M1 and M2 get the file correctly if they have their encoding settings...

How can I keep track of when (date and time) data is entered into.
I am trying to create a spreadsheet for a high school class. I need to be able to track when a student has entered data into specific cells of the spreadsheet. Any ideas? In the code behind the worksheet, enter (eg) Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range) Cells(1, 1).Value = Now() End Sub This will enter in Cell A1 the date and time at which any entry is made in that worksheet. If you need the location of the time-stamp to vary according to which cell is changed then you can test the value of Target and vary the destination cell accordingly. -- Return email address is n...