How can I see column headings of hidden columns in Excel before u.
I have a large spreadsheet with several columns hidden. I want to unhide a
specific column that I know has a column name of Project Owner. How can I determine which column to unhide to see the desired column without unhiding all of the columns? I tried the find feature, but that did not help. |
assuming you have your name in row 1 of the column, you could use MATCH or
in vba you could use FIND Sub findcol() Columns(Rows(1).Find("yournamehere").Column).Hidde n = False End Sub -- Don Guillett SalesAid Software "Beachcomber" wrote in message ... I have a large spreadsheet with several columns hidden. I want to unhide a specific column that I know has a column name of Project Owner. How can I determine which column to unhide to see the desired column without unhiding all of the columns? I tried the find feature, but that did not help. |
Your answer looks like it will work, but I have to admit I don't know what to
enter to use the MATCH function. I placed my cursor in a blank cell and typed =MATCH (Project Owner). I received an error message of #Name? Thanks for your reply. "Don Guillett" wrote: assuming you have your name in row 1 of the column, you could use MATCH or in vba you could use FIND Sub findcol() Columns(Rows(1).Find("yournamehere").Column).Hidde n = False End Sub -- Don Guillett SalesAid Software "Beachcomber" wrote in message ... I have a large spreadsheet with several columns hidden. I want to unhide a specific column that I know has a column name of Project Owner. How can I determine which column to unhide to see the desired column without unhiding all of the columns? I tried the find feature, but that did not help. |
Already tried that!
"Don Guillett" wrote: Have a look in HELP index for MATCH. -- Don Guillett SalesAid Software "Beachcomber" wrote in message ... Your answer looks like it will work, but I have to admit I don't know what to enter to use the MATCH function. I placed my cursor in a blank cell and typed =MATCH (Project Owner). I received an error message of #Name? Thanks for your reply. "Don Guillett" wrote: assuming you have your name in row 1 of the column, you could use MATCH or in vba you could use FIND Sub findcol() Columns(Rows(1).Find("yournamehere").Column).Hidde n = False End Sub -- Don Guillett SalesAid Software "Beachcomber" wrote in message ... I have a large spreadsheet with several columns hidden. I want to unhide a specific column that I know has a column name of Project Owner. How can I determine which column to unhide to see the desired column without unhiding all of the columns? I tried the find feature, but that did not help. |
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-- Don Guillett SalesAid Software "Beachcomber" wrote in message ... Already tried that! "Don Guillett" wrote: Have a look in HELP index for MATCH. -- Don Guillett SalesAid Software "Beachcomber" wrote in message ... Your answer looks like it will work, but I have to admit I don't know what to enter to use the MATCH function. I placed my cursor in a blank cell and typed =MATCH (Project Owner). I received an error message of #Name? Thanks for your reply. "Don Guillett" wrote: assuming you have your name in row 1 of the column, you could use MATCH or in vba you could use FIND Sub findcol() Columns(Rows(1).Find("yournamehere").Column).Hidde n = False End Sub -- Don Guillett SalesAid Software "Beachcomber" wrote in message ... I have a large spreadsheet with several columns hidden. I want to unhide a specific column that I know has a column name of Project Owner. How can I determine which column to unhide to see the desired column without unhiding all of the columns? I tried the find feature, but that did not help. |
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-- Don Guillett SalesAid Software "Beachcomber" wrote in message ... Already tried that! "Don Guillett" wrote: Have a look in HELP index for MATCH. -- Don Guillett SalesAid Software "Beachcomber" wrote in message ... Your answer looks like it will work, but I have to admit I don't know what to enter to use the MATCH function. I placed my cursor in a blank cell and typed =MATCH (Project Owner). I received an error message of #Name? Thanks for your reply. "Don Guillett" wrote: assuming you have your name in row 1 of the column, you could use MATCH or in vba you could use FIND Sub findcol() Columns(Rows(1).Find("yournamehere").Column).Hidde n = False End Sub -- Don Guillett SalesAid Software "Beachcomber" wrote in message ... I have a large spreadsheet with several columns hidden. I want to unhide a specific column that I know has a column name of Project Owner. How can I determine which column to unhide to see the desired column without unhiding all of the columns? I tried the find feature, but that did not help. |
Maybe you could use a helper worksheet.
=sheet1!a1 and drag across or =if(sheet1!a1="","",sheet1!a1) if you don't want to see 0's when the cell is empty. If you kind of know what column it should be in, you can still select the cell by: Edit|goto, then typing the address (D1) and hitting enter. You'll be able to see the value/formula in the cell in the formula bar. (You could also just type the address directly into the namebox--to the left of the formula bar and hit enter.) (But Unhiding, looking, and ctrl-z (or edit|undo) isn't really too bad, either.) Beachcomber wrote: I have a large spreadsheet with several columns hidden. I want to unhide a specific column that I know has a column name of Project Owner. How can I determine which column to unhide to see the desired column without unhiding all of the columns? I tried the find feature, but that did not help. -- Dave Peterson |
One more...
Select the header row(s). Edit|find (your string like Project) notice the address in the formula bar. Beachcomber wrote: I have a large spreadsheet with several columns hidden. I want to unhide a specific column that I know has a column name of Project Owner. How can I determine which column to unhide to see the desired column without unhiding all of the columns? I tried the find feature, but that did not help. -- Dave Peterson |
The helper worksheet was the answer for me. Thanks so much.
"Dave Peterson" wrote: Maybe you could use a helper worksheet. =sheet1!a1 and drag across or =if(sheet1!a1="","",sheet1!a1) if you don't want to see 0's when the cell is empty. If you kind of know what column it should be in, you can still select the cell by: Edit|goto, then typing the address (D1) and hitting enter. You'll be able to see the value/formula in the cell in the formula bar. (You could also just type the address directly into the namebox--to the left of the formula bar and hit enter.) (But Unhiding, looking, and ctrl-z (or edit|undo) isn't really too bad, either.) Beachcomber wrote: I have a large spreadsheet with several columns hidden. I want to unhide a specific column that I know has a column name of Project Owner. How can I determine which column to unhide to see the desired column without unhiding all of the columns? I tried the find feature, but that did not help. -- Dave Peterson |
Thanks for the link. It will be helpful.
"Don Guillett" wrote: http://tinyurl.com/6b4h8 -- Don Guillett SalesAid Software "Beachcomber" wrote in message ... Already tried that! "Don Guillett" wrote: Have a look in HELP index for MATCH. -- Don Guillett SalesAid Software "Beachcomber" wrote in message ... Your answer looks like it will work, but I have to admit I don't know what to enter to use the MATCH function. I placed my cursor in a blank cell and typed =MATCH (Project Owner). I received an error message of #Name? Thanks for your reply. "Don Guillett" wrote: assuming you have your name in row 1 of the column, you could use MATCH or in vba you could use FIND Sub findcol() Columns(Rows(1).Find("yournamehere").Column).Hidde n = False End Sub -- Don Guillett SalesAid Software "Beachcomber" wrote in message ... I have a large spreadsheet with several columns hidden. I want to unhide a specific column that I know has a column name of Project Owner. How can I determine which column to unhide to see the desired column without unhiding all of the columns? I tried the find feature, but that did not help. |
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