ExcelBanter - View Single Post - Change cell format from text to general on the fly

JSnow

You sir, are the shnizz!

"Gary''s Student" wrote:

Change:

t.Clear

to:

t.NumberFormat = "General"
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Gary''s Student - gsnu200800

"JSnow" wrote:

Wohoo! It worked Gary's Student!

However, it strips out all the other formatting for that cell. Example:
cell background should be colored and data should be left justified with 1
indent. Anyway to keep that other stuff?

"Gary''s Student" wrote:

This is an example using column B. It is a worksheet event macro:

Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
Set t = Target
Set b = Range("B:B")
If Intersect(t, b) Is Nothing Then Exit Sub
If t.NumberFormat = "General" Then Exit Sub
Dim s As String
s = t.Value
If Left(s, 1) < "=" Then Exit Sub
Application.EnableEvents = False
t.Clear
t.Formula = s
Application.EnableEvents = True
End Sub

Because it is worksheet code, it is very easy to install and use:

1. right-click the tab name near the bottom of the window
2. select View Code - this brings up a VBE window
3. paste the stuff in and close the VBE window

If you save the workbook, the macro will be saved with it.

To remove the macro:

1. bring up the VBE windows as above
2. clear the code out
3. close the VBE window

To learn more about macros in general, see:

http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/getstarted.htm

To learn more about Event Macros (worksheet code), see:

http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/event.htm

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Gary''s Student - gsnu200800