[dba-Tech] A couple of Excel questions

Arthur Fuller fuller.artful at gmail.com
Mon Dec 24 10:45:07 CST 2007


Thanks, Tina. Just after sending my mail, I remembered that when in doubt,
create a macro then customize its code to suit my needs.

A.

On 12/24/07, Tina Norris Fields <tinanfields at torchlake.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Arthur,
>
> Responding to the third question - Copy > Edit > Paste Special >
> Values.  I use this one often enough that I have put the appropriate
> button on my toolbar so I don't have to go to the menu.
>
> Responding to the second question - unless you are specifically looking
> for a programmatic method, you can use CTRL + arrow key to move to the
> next change in filled versus non-filled, then one more touch of the
> arrow key alone puts your cursor into the blank cell.
>
> For the first question, are you wanting to delete the whole Row 3, or
> only in one table?  If the whole row, then select the row by clicking
> the row selector on the left frame, then Edit > Delete - using the DEL
> key just empties the row contents and leaves the blank row there.  If
> you just want to delete Row 3 in one table, select the cells to be
> deleted, then Edit > Delete. . . > Shift Cells Up - again, using the DEL
> key just empties the contents of the cells and leaves the blank ones
> there.
>
> In the past, I have worked out a macro for doing the addition of a new
> row at the bottom edge of a table and then fixing the formatting.  The
> trick was to record the macro, then edit the VBA code to be sure the
> relative reference coding was in place.  Before I did that, I made my
> table always two rows longer than I really wanted and used the
> next-to-last row for all increases.
>
> I hope some of this is helpful - if it needs to be programmatic rather
> than keyboard and mouse manipulation, I'll do some further digging.
>
> Are you having any Christmas cheer, yet?  A good day over here in chilly
> northern Michigan for a hot buttered rum or something similar.
>
> Tina
>
> Arthur Fuller wrote:
> > I have a workbook containing 3 tables side by side. The range of table 1
> is
> > A3:D15, of table 2 it's F3:F15, of table 3 it's K3:N15.
> >
> > What I need to do is lose Row 3 and then insert a new row at Row 15. But
> > because the table has borders, what was row 15 orignally now has a
> bottom
> > edge, and the new row 15 doesn't. I know how to do a selection and kill
> its
> > formatting, and then do another selection and give it a bottom border,
> but
> > that is so clumsy.
> >
> > First of all, what are commands to delete a row and to insert a row?
> >
> > Second, it happens that frequently some rows in the table have not been
> > filled yet. In that case, I'd like to find the first blank row  and do
> the
> > row insert there, thus simplifying the the formatting code
> >
> > Third, how to you copy just the value from a cell to another cell,
> without
> > copying the formatting too?
> >
> > Thanks and Happy Holidays to all.
> > Arthur
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