I would say no using just built in functions (without using values of the
cells - example using nothing like all columns and only columns with 3 in
row 2 are hidden)

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"David Godinger" wrote in message
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Hi,

Is there a formula that will notify me if any column(s) in a range are
hidden? (I don't want to do this by VBA.)

I want it to notify me by formula, if that's possible, because I need to
know immediately if something is hidden. (Once I can understand how to
detect a hidden column, I'll probably use conditional formatting to make
the cell turn red to warn me.)

The following formulas worked with rows, when the cells A2-A5 had values
in
them. However, I can't make them work by changing "ROWS" to "COLUMNS" and,
for example, "A2:A5" to "A2:G2".

When using a filter
=2*ROWS(A2:A5)-(SUBTOTAL(3,A2:A5)+SUBTOTAL(103,A2:A5))

Without a filter
=SUBTOTAL(3,A2:A5)-SUBTOTAL(103,A2:A5)

(Credits to JMB for the formulas that worked with rows. See the thread
with
the subject. "Detect Hidden Rows by Formula.")

Thanks,

Dave

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