(Excel 2003 Windows XP)

Hi JulieD;

I'm trying "Schedule a macro to run" from Rob van Gelder's website, as per
your earlier suggestion.

1. I've added Activate and Deactivate w/s events, and w/b Open event to the
procedure. The intended cell blinks nicely at one-sec intervals. There are,
however, two problems with the procedure while RunMe() is running.

2. The Excel Screen, mouse Pointer, task bar Ready, etc. "jiggle" or
"pulsate" at random. Tried on 2 different computers, two different OS, two
different versions of Excel. The jiggling stops once I stop RunMe() !!

3. The "Paste" and "Paste Special" commands in the Excel Edit menu are
disabled while RunMe() is running !
I've inserted the following at the top of ScheduleNextEvent() and later at
the top of RunMe(): (without success!)
If Application.CutCopyMode = FLASE Then
ActiveWorkbook.Styles("normal"). NumberFormat = _
ActiveWorkbook.Styles("normal"). NumberFormat
End If

Your advice on how to solve these 2 problems would be greatly appreciated.
Regards and have a nice day!


"JulieD" wrote:

Hi Rob,

would formatting it lime green & purple help? seriously, you'll need to use
VBA to achieve this, so i'm not sure it falls into the simple category,
however, Rob van Gelder posted this answer to a similar question a couple of
months back
*****
Check out my website for "Schedule a macro to run"
Include something like:
Sub RunMe()
With Range("A1").Font
If .ColorIndex = 3 Then .ColorIndex = 4 Else .ColorIndex = 3
End With
ScheduleNextEvent
End Sub
or if you want the background to blink: With Range("A1").Interior
--
Rob van Gelder - http://www.vangelder.co.nz/excel
******

Hope this helps
JulieD

"Rob at BTAS Inc." wrote in message
...
Is there a simple way to make a cell blink or flash or otherwise be very
distinctive from other cells?