In , Tom Ogilvy
spake thusly:

Not sure this is what you want, but

If you want to hide all arrows, go to

Tools=Options=View and under the objects entry, select hide
all.

Interesting. I want most of them, though. Only want to hide
a subset of the AutoFilter arrows. (I'm using Excel 2002
under XP Pro.)

I know I can have the arrows only on a set range. E.g.,
if my sheet has columns A-Z but I highlight only columns
C-E, then select Data - Filter - AutoFilter, the
pull-down arrows are only there for those columns.
That's fine as far as it goes.

The range apparently has to be contiguous. So I can't
just highlicht columns C, H, and Y and have the arrows
visible there only. All columns between C and Y also
get arrows when I try to turn on AutoFilter for that
range.

If only C, H, and Y had arrows, I'd be happy enough.
However, I'm only setting a static filter choice once
in Columns H and Y -- the rest of the time, I'm only
filtering with Column C. So ideally, I'd like only to
see a pull-down arrow for Column C, but have Columns
H and Y retain the filtering that I've given them.

-dman-