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negative number format
I have a report uploaded to excel from a particular program used here at work. In that program, negative numbers have the format of $###.00-, with the minus sign at the end instead of the beginning. When the data comes over to Excel the minus sign is still at the end of the number. The text currently has a General Format with No Specific Number Format. I have been manually moving the minus signs to the beginning in each cell, then changing the Column to Currency Number Format which is very time consuming. Is there a formula I can use in the Cell, Column and/or Worksheet containing...

Opening Attachments in 2003
This is so frustrating! In my line of work, I get numerous attachments of .zip, .doc, .txt and .pdf. I have NAV running and scanning all incoming email. Sometimes, when I right click on the attachment and select "Open" (or double click on the attachment), I get an "Attachment Security Warning" that makes me save the file to the hard drive, which I really don't always want to do. However, sometimes, I can open the file with no problem. Why would I even have a problem with a .txt file? Surely those can't carry viruses, can they? Can I over-ride this? Why...

How to prevent automatic Forwarding on Exchange Server 2003?
If I dissable 'Allow automatic forward' in Exchange Server 2003 to internet recipients, what will happen to the rule when a user created before the rule was actually dissabled? Will the rule work for that user or it won't? What error message a user will receive when the rule is dissable. Any help is much appreicated. If you disable that feature the rules will start working and messages start flowing to external email messsages. User will not recieve any error messages. It is not a good idea to disable that feature as you may get in to loop of NDR's as if external emai...

Change date format to European format
My computer is set to European date format but Excel is default to American date format. Can someone advise how to change this default setting. Thanks, Scott Have you restarted Excel since setting the system date formatting? Excel takes its cue from the OS on launch. Also, double-check the Regional setting in the System Prefs. If those aren't the cause you'll need to be specific about your version & update levels of both Office & OS X plus any other details you can supply. -- HTH |:>) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac "Scott" <NoSpam-Scot...

Formatting just some rows
Thank you so much for that, it'll save loadsa time. I adjusted the formula as the original sheet contined 11 columns of data. Can you help with this part now? The original sheet had dates in Column E (in the form Jan-03). Thay have come through on the new sheet in the single column as 5 digit figures such as 37622. Is there any way of getting the original form of the date back, affecting just rows 5, 16, 27 etc...of the new sheet? Perhaps I need to format just these rows on the NEW sheet. A similar problem exists with column I of the original where the � sign has been lost. Again is t...

Linking to Excel from MS Project
I was wondering if there is a way so that I can link the Gant Chart (Picture) made in Project to a sheet in Excel... I know I can copy the image over and paste it into the sheet, but I wanted something that would be able to dynamically change on an update and I dont have to copy and paste all the time. Any help is appreciated. ...

exchange 2003 wont send mail
i have exchge2003 set it up about a week ago. and all was fine. until today when i notice no mail is going out. and can recieve mail from various place ok. but out going mail is just getting lost. The question is where to i look first to trouble shoot this. Now i can send mail enternally with no problem James, What is the problem? You state "and all was fine. until today when i notice no mail is going out." Then you state "Now i can send mail enternally with no problem" And you say you can receive email from outside, so I am confused as to what the problem is. Dan ...

freezing formatting
I would like to be able to "freeze" the formatting for the number of decimal places in cells - some will need to be integers, some will need three decimal places, etc. The problem comes when I paste in information; the number of decimal places I have formatted the cell for is overridden by the pasted-in data. Any ideas? On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 13:31:05 -0700, "H" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >I would like to be able to "freeze" the formatting for the number of decimal places in cells - some will need to be integers, some will need three de...

Question about format of reply and format of message
I have two questions about OL2003: 1. Word is set as default editor. In replying message, sometimes I will get extra lines on hitting Enter. It makes more space between paragraphs. Is there any way to insert one line with one Enter? 2. I'd like to have special effect in replying text message sometimes, such as change color of font, but it cannot be done unless changing the message format to be rich text or HTML. If I uncheck Word as default editor, there is an option in menu. What is it about with Word as editor? Thanks, Charles 1 - Check the paragraph spacing settings e...

Negative number formatting
Hi everyone, does anyone know how to do this? I hve a column of figures some positive and some negative. I want to format them so taht th negative numbers are expressed in (brackets) and also so that th column itself is decimal aligned, so even if I don't use decimal place the brackets "stick out". I know Word does this in tables, but I can' seem to make Excel do it. Help! Thanks, Vicky. :confused -- VickyJone ----------------------------------------------------------------------- VickyJones's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=2448 ...

Export my email accounts in Outlook 2003
How do I export [backup] my email accouns in Outlook 2003? I format my PC about twice a year & at the moment [& with previous versions of Outlook] I've had to import my [already saved] email account settings into Outlook Express & then let Outlook imort them from Outlook Express. Isn't there a way to imort & export my emial account settings without using Outlook Express? ...

Word 2008 line spacing and style weirdness
I just upgraded to Office 2008 and am already encountering weirdness. I can't change one set of paragraphs (of the same style) to single space without changing the others. But if I create a new "single" style based on normal, then I can't seem to apply "normal" at all. Something feels very non-intuitive here. Has something major changed since 2004 I should know about? Also, I can't believe how buggy the upgrade was -- Word was crashing at quit and I had to delete my "Normal" template from the 2004 location (~/Microsoft User Data/) before I could ...

Enforce format
How can I "enforce" a format in a cell in excel so that it allows number entry only, i.e. it does not allow letters or any other characters. Thanks in advance. Keith Data Validation; custom formula; If active cell is A1, use this: =NOT(ISERROR(1*A1)) "Elfey1001" <Elfey1001@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:D744EEFC-3BD0-43A7-B673-F16107BBFA03@microsoft.com... > How can I "enforce" a format in a cell in excel so that it allows number > entry only, i.e. it does not allow letters or any other characters. > Thanks in advance. > Kei...

Format Smartlist field
Is it possible to format a smartlist field? Let's say from 2 decimals to 4 decimals? -- SmokyDuck This is only possible in SmartList Builder SmartLists, not in the 'out of the box' SmartLists. In SmartList Builder, you can click on the Display Name of a field, then click the blue arrow in the header to go to Set Field Options. For number fields there will be a tab called Decimal Places. -- Victoria Yudin Dynamics GP MVP Flexible Solutions, Inc. "Smokyduck" <Smokyduck@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:98223149-4092-484D-886D-F03A319319E...

Windows mail won't send ms excel attchments
windows mail won't send either MS Excel 97-2003 or 2007 formats if I try to send either by itself. I have to attach same file I want to send in both formats. Then, only the 97-2003 format actually gets through. Either way, I'm getting notice that Mail can't send one or more attachments. Any suggestions to help eliminate the glitch would be most appreciated. Windows Mail doesn't care what the attachment is. But make sure the file you are trying to attach is not open anywhere else (i.e. in Excel). Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail) "woodrow" wrot...

Urgent help: Money 2004 trial back to 2003
Hi. I have received money 2003 with my laptop last year and used it ever since. Resently I downloaded the 2004 trial version and used it for the monthly period. As I just use it for my home finances I didn't see a need to buy the 2004 version just yet and so I uninstalled it and reinstalled the 2003 version. The problem is that I can't open my money file anymore or restore the backup. I have tried installing the 2005 trial, but that doesn't work either. What can I do? please help... sam I can't speak for what's going on with M05. That should work, though you mig...

Conditional Formating Help
Hi I wonder if anyone could help me, I am after code for the following. cell e6 = Keys Sent Column f6 = Keys due Column g6 = Keys received What I want the script to do is if there is no value in g6 and todays date is greater then the date stated in F6, then the cell turns red (prompt to inform me that keys are late). Many thanks Dan Use a CF formula of =AND(G6="",TODAY()>F6) HTH Bob "housinglad" <housinglad@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:A5887369-33DA-489A-BEC9-8173707313C6@microsoft.com... > Hi > ...

Outlook 2003 unresponsive when viewing messages in HTML format.
About two weeks ago, I started Outlook and went in to view messages. On some messages, Outlook would appear to lock up and my harddrive light would come on continuously for a minute or more. The body of the message would appear as an empty window. We have discovered that the problem only occurs for email messages that are in HTML format. I can prevent the problem by going to: Tools > Options > Email Options and checking "Read all standard mail in plain text". When I have this option turned on, I can see a plain text version of the message. Unfortunately, much of ...

Select Case Conditional Formatting Sub?
I've tried to use the Sub below (Posted by Julie D I think) as a work around for more than three conditional formats and it works great IF I enter the data directly in the target cells. But, if the taget range is populated by a formula the color changes do not occur. Is there a way to modify this to work when the cells in the target range are formula driven? (Or, maybe I'm doing something wrong, any ideas?) Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range) On Error GoTo ws_exit: Application.EnableEvents = False If Not Intersect(Target, Range("B6:B10")) Is Nothing...

Add opt. to change Printer-Friendly format to user defined format
This is a customer suggestion from Convergence. Customer would like to be able to have the option to change the Printer-Friendly format to a different/user defined format. 1. Employee enters a requisition. 2. Purchasing manager processes the Requisition: BP>Purchasing>Requisitions 3. Select a vendor and requisition. 3. User selects to view the requisition; Printer-Friendly Version opens. ISSUE: Currently, there are no options to define report format. For further inquiry- Customer Information: Jon Heseman, PC Administrator EFCO Systems 1800 N.E. Broadway Des Moines, Iowa...

How do I mail merge for postcards in MS Publisher 2 or 4 per page.
Can anyone help? Create a mail merge Step by step instructions http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HP052584251033.aspx -- Mary Sauer MSFT MVP http://office.microsoft.com/ http://msauer.mvps.org/ news://msnews.microsoft.com "reechemist" <reechemist@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:D6E75713-F19E-4AA3-81E8-98E0BFD795A5@microsoft.com... > Can anyone help? ...

Searching through DB Table containing Records in XML format
Guru's! Your time and guidance is much appreciated in this task that i am trying to get done. Background I have a SQL Server 2000 database table which contains 2 Fields (RecordID, XMLData (datatype=TEXT). There are about 10,000 records in this table. The Data in the field (XMLData) is a XML formatted string. (where F1,F2... are elements and v1, v2 is the data) <ControlRecord><F1>V1</F1><F2>V2</F2><F3>V3</F3><F4>V4</F4><F5>v5</F5><f6>v6 </f6>.....Upto 14 fields </ControlRecord> <ControlRecord><...

Import & Export disabled from outlook 2003
The import & Export menu item is "greyed out" - does anyone know how to switch on this feature? Thanks Toby You need to be in the main Outlook window, not the Address Book window. --� Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without reading. After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Toby asked: | The import & Export menu item is "greyed out" - does | anyone know how to switch on this feature? |...

How to format the value in a cell?
Hello! I wonder if excel has the function to format a value in cell without the help of Macro. To format a value,here I mean to correct the value automatically. For example,it need the value in a cell to be "T".But a user may enter " T","T ","t".The formatting function used here to trim the space at the begining or end of "T",or change the "t" to upper case. -------------------- An Try =TRIM(UPPER(A1)) -- Regards Roger Govier "An" <abc@sohu.com> wrote in message news:u%23Kg%23X6hFHA.576@tk2msftngp13.phx.gb...

Pasting Excel charts into Word
Whenever I paste Excel charts into Word, the fonts end up looking terrible. Is there an easy solution? Pasting as a picture does not work. The only thing that does work is right clicking on the chart while in Word, selecting "Edit Picture", then fixing the text that has changed position and direction. But then my chart is no longer a simple picture. Help! How are you pasting it? I have no problem using the Word Insert Object command. 1 - In Excel, have the chart saved in its own separate .xls file, no other worksheets. 2 - In Word, choose Insert>Object. 3 - Click on the Cre...