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  1. Draig

    Surpressing Fields

    Lisa In the Mail Merge Helper, Step 3:Merge, there is an option to "Don't print blank lines when data fields are empty". Try it! Barborne Worcester UK
  2. Draig

    Powerpoint slide order

    Or action buttons, accessible from the Slide Show menu. Barborne Worcester UK
  3. Draig

    MS Word Style & Formatting

    Hi To prevent Word from automatically creating styles based on your formatting, invoke Tools, AutoCorrect, AutoFormat As You Type and clear the checkbox 'Define styles based on your formatting'. I find that 'feature' a pain! Barborne Worcester UK
  4. Draig

    incrementing numbers in Excel

    Put 1 in a cell; select it and any number of cells below it; fill in the Edit, Fill, Series command dialogue box. Barborne Worcester UK
  5. Draig

    How to sumprint landscape and portrait spreedsheets in EXCEL 2000?

    Hi DannyDanny As I understand things, you can't straightforwardly print an entire workbook that has sheets with different orientation. The solution I use is to write a VBA macro that prints each sheet one at a time but specifying the orientation for each sheet in the print command. Not a lot...
  6. Draig

    Linking/importing EXCEL charts into POWERPOINT

    Hi RookieSQL What you want can be done simply by using a variation on Copy & Paste. This works if your Excel graphs are embedded or are on separate chart sheets. 1. In PowerPoint prepare a new blank slide. 2. Switch to Excel. 3. Select your first chart and copy it to the Clipboard (Edit...
  7. Draig

    ms excel

    Here's another way. Invoke Tools, Options, Edit and check the Fixed decimal check box. Make sure the spinner box next to it shows 2. Now, whenever you enter a number, a decimal point will be inserted before the last two digits. Barborne Worcester UK
  8. Draig

    How are Relationships used at Runtime

    "Deleting" the tables from the Relationships screen does NOT delete the relationships. You should first delete the relationship LINES, then delete the TABLES to permanently remope them. Barborne Worcester UK
  9. Draig

    Use Script to Open Text File, Paste Data from Excel

    This is crude but it does copy the selection to the Clipboard and start Notepad. You can do what you like there, and then return to Excel. Sub CopyToNotePad() Dim RetVal Selection.Copy RetVal = Shell("C:\WINDOWS\NOTEPAD.EXE", 1) MsgBox "Returned to Excel&quot...
  10. Draig

    Retrieve current page number in Word

    Why not use the field code {PAGE} in the document (Insert,Field,Numbering Category,Page)? Barborne Worcester UK
  11. Draig

    Excel: Sorting columns A to I - Is it possible?

    Hi Carol If you record yourself using the Data, Sort command, in its dialogue box you can specify upto 3 columns to sort on. That will give you the basic VBA code you need for what you want to do. Barborne Worcester UK
  12. Draig

    Excel Macro - Go to next unused row

    Alternatively, once you're at the last used cell, use the Offset() method to move down one row: Selection.Offset(1,0).Select Barborne Worcester UK
  13. Draig

    change office 2000 folder

    In each application (Excel, Word, etc.) look at Tools,Options and set the default file location for each. Barborne Worcester UK
  14. Draig

    cannot run old excel?

    Hi Seems to me that in your Excel97 you had a macro (possibly a global one stored in Personnal.xls) that was left behind when you opened the file in 2000 (on another machine?). If this is the case you will have to re-create that macro. Barborne Worcester UK
  15. Draig

    Excel Formula Help

    Hi Here's a possible solution. Assume that you have the month names Jan to Jun in cells B3:G3 and numeric entries in the row below (B4:G4). the following formula will tell you which month heads up the last non-zero entry ...
  16. Draig

    How to insert the path for a workbook

    Another way to extract just the path (no sheet name) is to include a second formula, namely : =MID(C1,1,FIND("]",C1)) and name that cell (hdr_formula). Barborne Worcester UK
  17. Draig

    Word 2000 control key for displaying the Format Color dialog box?

    Hi If you want to see the Font dialogue box, which has the Color dropdown, then type CONTROL+d. Barborne Worcester UK
  18. Draig

    Auto capitalization of new lines

    Don't type return at the end of each line as Word will word-wrap! But if you must press return, press shift+return instead to insert a soft return. This will cause no further initial capitalisation until you type a period followed by return. Barborne Worcester UK
  19. Draig

    In Excel Office 97, the close "X" is not available.

    What's wrong with Alt+F4? Barborne Worcester UK
  20. Draig

    Macro problem

    Hi Chris559 If you are using the macro suggested by Zathras, how are you launching it? A button? Menu command? Barborne Worcester UK

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