I would like to highlight a row or column with my cursor and have it scroll
as I move my cursor so that I can see what items are in the same row/column
that my cursor is in.

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maybe....

you may want to try Chip Pearson's Rowliner:
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/RowLiner.htm


Indiana Jay wrote:

I would like to highlight a row or column with my cursor and have it scroll
as I move my cursor so that I can see what items are in the same row/column
that my cursor is in.

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HTH

Bob Phillips

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"Indiana Jay" <Indiana wrote in message
...
I would like to highlight a row or column with my cursor and have it
scroll
as I move my cursor so that I can see what items are in the same
row/column
that my cursor is in.

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I don't want some workaround macro, I want the feature built in.

"Bob Phillips" wrote:

This has been previously posted here http://tinyurl.com/bhhnr

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Bob Phillips

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"Indiana Jay" <Indiana wrote in message
...
I would like to highlight a row or column with my cursor and have it
scroll
as I move my cursor so that I can see what items are in the same
row/column
that my cursor is in.

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Well I hope you get your wish and sorry for trying to help.

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"Indiana Jay" wrote in message
...
I don't want some workaround macro, I want the feature built in.

"Bob Phillips" wrote:

This has been previously posted here http://tinyurl.com/bhhnr

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Bob Phillips

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"Indiana Jay" <Indiana wrote in message
...
I would like to highlight a row or column with my cursor and have it
scroll
as I move my cursor so that I can see what items are in the same
row/column
that my cursor is in.

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Thanks Bob for helping, I didn't mean for my response to sound ungrateful,
it's just that my intent was to suggest to Microsoft that this would be a
very useful feature for all to have.

I believe many people would use this feature, who have to work with large
amounts of data that spreads across a page, and can be difficult to follow
across with the naked eye.

I would like to turn on my cursor highlighting bar the same way I freeze
panes, or split screens. In fact, know that I think of it, the "highlighted
cursor bar" feature would be appropriately added to the Window menu.

All the best,

Jay



"Bob Phillips" wrote:

Well I hope you get your wish and sorry for trying to help.

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HTH

Bob Phillips

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"Indiana Jay" wrote in message
...
I don't want some workaround macro, I want the feature built in.

"Bob Phillips" wrote:

This has been previously posted here http://tinyurl.com/bhhnr

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HTH

Bob Phillips

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"Indiana Jay" <Indiana wrote in message
...
I would like to highlight a row or column with my cursor and have it
scroll
as I move my cursor so that I can see what items are in the same
row/column
that my cursor is in.

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Jay,

We see the notice at the foot that says that it is a recommendation for MS
(and presumably they do take notice of these?), but we tend to assume that
although the poster is putting forward a suggestion, they would still like a
solution, at least until it does become a built-in.

I absolutely agree it would be useful, as proven by Chip developing his
add-in, and the number of times I have offered my solution to posters, but I
am not so sure is up there in MS's priorities.

Regards

Bob

"Indiana Jay" wrote in message
...
Thanks Bob for helping, I didn't mean for my response to sound ungrateful,
it's just that my intent was to suggest to Microsoft that this would be a
very useful feature for all to have.

I believe many people would use this feature, who have to work with large
amounts of data that spreads across a page, and can be difficult to follow
across with the naked eye.

I would like to turn on my cursor highlighting bar the same way I freeze
panes, or split screens. In fact, know that I think of it, the
"highlighted
cursor bar" feature would be appropriately added to the Window menu.

All the best,

Jay



"Bob Phillips" wrote:

Well I hope you get your wish and sorry for trying to help.

--

HTH

Bob Phillips

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"Indiana Jay" wrote in message
...
I don't want some workaround macro, I want the feature built in.

"Bob Phillips" wrote:

This has been previously posted here http://tinyurl.com/bhhnr

--

HTH

Bob Phillips

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"Indiana Jay" <Indiana wrote in
message
...
I would like to highlight a row or column with my cursor and have
it
scroll
as I move my cursor so that I can see what items are in the same
row/column
that my cursor is in.

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Dear Bob,

I tried this at work this morning and it was excellent! I really appreciate
the tip. However, as I do not use macros much and am not familiar with event
codes, when I went to print the highlight showed on the printout. ):

Is there a way to turn this off for printing purposes?

Thanks,

Jay






"Bob Phillips" wrote:

Well I hope you get your wish and sorry for trying to help.

--

HTH

Bob Phillips

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"Indiana Jay" wrote in message
...
I don't want some workaround macro, I want the feature built in.

"Bob Phillips" wrote:

This has been previously posted here http://tinyurl.com/bhhnr

--

HTH

Bob Phillips

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"Indiana Jay" <Indiana wrote in message
...
I would like to highlight a row or column with my cursor and have it
scroll
as I move my cursor so that I can see what items are in the same
row/column
that my cursor is in.

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Yes that should be possible.

Change the highlighting code to this

'----------------------------------------------------------------
Private Sub Worksheet_SelectionChange(ByVal Target As Range)
'----------------------------------------------------------------
ThisWorkbook.Names.Add "'" & Me.Name & "'!_HiLite", True

Cells.FormatConditions.Delete
With Target
With .EntireRow
.FormatConditions.Add Type:=xlExpression, Formula1:="TRUE"
With .FormatConditions(1)
With .Borders(xlTop)
.LineStyle = xlContinuous
.Weight = xlThin
.ColorIndex = 5
End With
With .Borders(xlBottom)
.LineStyle = xlContinuous
.Weight = xlThin
.ColorIndex = 5
End With
.Interior.ColorIndex = 20
End With
End With
With .EntireColumn
.FormatConditions.Delete
.FormatConditions.Add Type:=xlExpression, Formula1:="TRUE"
With .FormatConditions(1)
With .Borders(xlLeft)
.LineStyle = xlContinuous
.Weight = xlThin
.ColorIndex = 5
End With
With .Borders(xlRight)
.LineStyle = xlContinuous
.Weight = xlThin
.ColorIndex = 5
End With
.Interior.ColorIndex = 20
End With
End With

.FormatConditions.Delete
.FormatConditions.Add Type:=xlExpression, Formula1:="TRUE"
.FormatConditions(1).Interior.ColorIndex = 36
End With

End Sub

'This is worksheet event code, which means that it needs to be
'placed in the appropriate worksheet code module, not a standard
'code module. To do this, right-click on the sheet tab, select
'the View Code option from the menu, and paste the code in.


and add this printing code

Private Sub Workbook_BeforePrint(Cancel As Boolean)
Dim hilite As Boolean
With ActiveSheet
hilite = False
On Error Resume Next
hilite = Evaluate(.Names(ActiveSheet.Name & _
"!__Hilite").RefersTo)
On Error GoTo 0
If hilite Then
.FormatConditions.Delete
End If
End With
End Sub


This is workbook event code.
To input this code, right click on the Excel icon on the worksheet
(or next to the File menu if you maximise your workbooks),
select View Code from the menu, and paste the code

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Bob Phillips

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"Indiana Jay" wrote in message
...
Dear Bob,

I tried this at work this morning and it was excellent! I really
appreciate
the tip. However, as I do not use macros much and am not familiar with
event
codes, when I went to print the highlight showed on the printout. ):

Is there a way to turn this off for printing purposes?

Thanks,

Jay






"Bob Phillips" wrote:

Well I hope you get your wish and sorry for trying to help.

--

HTH

Bob Phillips

(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)

"Indiana Jay" wrote in message
...
I don't want some workaround macro, I want the feature built in.

"Bob Phillips" wrote:

This has been previously posted here http://tinyurl.com/bhhnr

--

HTH

Bob Phillips

(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)

"Indiana Jay" <Indiana wrote in
message
...
I would like to highlight a row or column with my cursor and have
it
scroll
as I move my cursor so that I can see what items are in the same
row/column
that my cursor is in.

----------------
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suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion,
click
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Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button,
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and
then
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38-4a89-a0a9-b17ffcf73a30&dg=microsoft.public.excel.misc