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Copying Formatting from one Worksheet to another within different
I have two worksheets within 2 different workbooks that need to have the same
formatting. I tried both using the Format Painter and highlighting the entire workbook and then painting the format to the entire "other" workbook. Also I tried doing a copy worksheet and sent it to the other workbook and tried overwriting the data. Still to no avail. I have also tried manually setting the column widths manually on the 2nd worksheet to match the widths of the 1st workbook. I set column "a" to 11.33 however it changes it to 11.38. I have no idea why it is changing, and would greatly appreciate some guidance. Thank you in advance for any assistance you can provide. -- Scott |
Copying Formatting from one Worksheet to another within different
Hi,
It works for me. 1. Open both workbooks, and select the appropriate sheet in each. 2. Choose Window, Arrange All, OK (this isn't really necessary) 3. In the workbook with the format you want to copy, click the top left corner of the spreadsheet, to the left of the column letter A and above the row number 1. This selects the entire sheet. 4. Click the Format Painter button 5. Click once in the other workbook (this gets you to the workbook but doesn't select anything) 6. Click the top left corner in the worksheet you want to get the format. -- Thanks, Shane Devenshire "Scott" wrote: I have two worksheets within 2 different workbooks that need to have the same formatting. I tried both using the Format Painter and highlighting the entire workbook and then painting the format to the entire "other" workbook. Also I tried doing a copy worksheet and sent it to the other workbook and tried overwriting the data. Still to no avail. I have also tried manually setting the column widths manually on the 2nd worksheet to match the widths of the 1st workbook. I set column "a" to 11.33 however it changes it to 11.38. I have no idea why it is changing, and would greatly appreciate some guidance. Thank you in advance for any assistance you can provide. -- Scott |
Copying Formatting from one Worksheet to another within differ
I have spent numerous tries, many hours, and 2 different versions of Excel
(XP and 2007) to no avail. -- Scott "ShaneDevenshire" wrote: Hi, It works for me. 1. Open both workbooks, and select the appropriate sheet in each. 2. Choose Window, Arrange All, OK (this isn't really necessary) 3. In the workbook with the format you want to copy, click the top left corner of the spreadsheet, to the left of the column letter A and above the row number 1. This selects the entire sheet. 4. Click the Format Painter button 5. Click once in the other workbook (this gets you to the workbook but doesn't select anything) 6. Click the top left corner in the worksheet you want to get the format. -- Thanks, Shane Devenshire "Scott" wrote: I have two worksheets within 2 different workbooks that need to have the same formatting. I tried both using the Format Painter and highlighting the entire workbook and then painting the format to the entire "other" workbook. Also I tried doing a copy worksheet and sent it to the other workbook and tried overwriting the data. Still to no avail. I have also tried manually setting the column widths manually on the 2nd worksheet to match the widths of the 1st workbook. I set column "a" to 11.33 however it changes it to 11.38. I have no idea why it is changing, and would greatly appreciate some guidance. Thank you in advance for any assistance you can provide. -- Scott |
Copying Formatting from one Worksheet to another within differ
OK, try it this way.
1. Open source workbook. 2. Ctrl-A to select all cells 3. Right clickCopy 4. Go to target workbook. 5. Right click on cell A1 6. Paste Special...Formats Regards, Fred. "Scott" wrote in message ... I have spent numerous tries, many hours, and 2 different versions of Excel (XP and 2007) to no avail. -- Scott "ShaneDevenshire" wrote: Hi, It works for me. 1. Open both workbooks, and select the appropriate sheet in each. 2. Choose Window, Arrange All, OK (this isn't really necessary) 3. In the workbook with the format you want to copy, click the top left corner of the spreadsheet, to the left of the column letter A and above the row number 1. This selects the entire sheet. 4. Click the Format Painter button 5. Click once in the other workbook (this gets you to the workbook but doesn't select anything) 6. Click the top left corner in the worksheet you want to get the format. -- Thanks, Shane Devenshire "Scott" wrote: I have two worksheets within 2 different workbooks that need to have the same formatting. I tried both using the Format Painter and highlighting the entire workbook and then painting the format to the entire "other" workbook. Also I tried doing a copy worksheet and sent it to the other workbook and tried overwriting the data. Still to no avail. I have also tried manually setting the column widths manually on the 2nd worksheet to match the widths of the 1st workbook. I set column "a" to 11.33 however it changes it to 11.38. I have no idea why it is changing, and would greatly appreciate some guidance. Thank you in advance for any assistance you can provide. -- Scott |
Copying Formatting from one Worksheet to another within differ
Unfortunately no luck with that either... I know this is going to sound
extremely bizzarre, but i did notice the column header row "a" | "B" | "C" etc. has a bigger height than the other. I've never seen that before. Any help will be greatly appreciated, as this part of a submission for a huge work project where everything has to be uniform. -- Scott "Fred Smith" wrote: OK, try it this way. 1. Open source workbook. 2. Ctrl-A to select all cells 3. Right clickCopy 4. Go to target workbook. 5. Right click on cell A1 6. Paste Special...Formats Regards, Fred. "Scott" wrote in message ... I have spent numerous tries, many hours, and 2 different versions of Excel (XP and 2007) to no avail. -- Scott "ShaneDevenshire" wrote: Hi, It works for me. 1. Open both workbooks, and select the appropriate sheet in each. 2. Choose Window, Arrange All, OK (this isn't really necessary) 3. In the workbook with the format you want to copy, click the top left corner of the spreadsheet, to the left of the column letter A and above the row number 1. This selects the entire sheet. 4. Click the Format Painter button 5. Click once in the other workbook (this gets you to the workbook but doesn't select anything) 6. Click the top left corner in the worksheet you want to get the format. -- Thanks, Shane Devenshire "Scott" wrote: I have two worksheets within 2 different workbooks that need to have the same formatting. I tried both using the Format Painter and highlighting the entire workbook and then painting the format to the entire "other" workbook. Also I tried doing a copy worksheet and sent it to the other workbook and tried overwriting the data. Still to no avail. I have also tried manually setting the column widths manually on the 2nd worksheet to match the widths of the 1st workbook. I set column "a" to 11.33 however it changes it to 11.38. I have no idea why it is changing, and would greatly appreciate some guidance. Thank you in advance for any assistance you can provide. -- Scott |
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