Greetings. I am using VISTA and Excel 2007. I have searched here and there
for an answer to this question, but so far no luck, so I'm asking the experts
here.

I have been inserting Comments in various cells to store notes, which works
fine up to a point, but I was wondering if there are any add-ins available
that would enhance this featu that is, note taking in Excel. I realize
Excel is a spreadsheet, but it would be nice if there were other options
available for attaching notes to certain cells (other than inserting
Comments). Thanks.

An alternative to Comments is Data Validation messages. They will appear on
a mouse-click rather than mouse-over.
--
Gary''s Student - gsnu200807


"Rebecca" wrote:

Greetings. I am using VISTA and Excel 2007. I have searched here and there
for an answer to this question, but so far no luck, so I'm asking the experts
here.

I have been inserting Comments in various cells to store notes, which works
fine up to a point, but I was wondering if there are any add-ins available
that would enhance this featu that is, note taking in Excel. I realize
Excel is a spreadsheet, but it would be nice if there were other options
available for attaching notes to certain cells (other than inserting
Comments). Thanks.

Thanks, but Data Validation messages seem to be extremely limited in size, or
can this be changed? Plus unlike Comments, and as far as I can tell,
formatting in Data Validation is not an option. It looks like I'm stuck with
Comments, which as I said are OK.

"Gary''s Student" wrote:

An alternative to Comments is Data Validation messages. They will appear on
a mouse-click rather than mouse-over.
--
Gary''s Student - gsnu200807


"Rebecca" wrote:

Greetings. I am using VISTA and Excel 2007. I have searched here and there
for an answer to this question, but so far no luck, so I'm asking the experts
here.

I have been inserting Comments in various cells to store notes, which works
fine up to a point, but I was wondering if there are any add-ins available
that would enhance this featu that is, note taking in Excel. I realize
Excel is a spreadsheet, but it would be nice if there were other options
available for attaching notes to certain cells (other than inserting
Comments). Thanks.

Hi Rebecca

You can resize the comment by grabbing any of the handles around the edges
of the comment, and extending in whichever direction you want.
Unless you are wanting to write a book about each cell, I think it should
handle what you want<bg

--
Regards
Roger Govier

"Rebecca" wrote in message
...
Thanks, but Data Validation messages seem to be extremely limited in size,
or
can this be changed? Plus unlike Comments, and as far as I can tell,
formatting in Data Validation is not an option. It looks like I'm stuck
with
Comments, which as I said are OK.

"Gary''s Student" wrote:

An alternative to Comments is Data Validation messages. They will appear
on
a mouse-click rather than mouse-over.
--
Gary''s Student - gsnu200807


"Rebecca" wrote:

Greetings. I am using VISTA and Excel 2007. I have searched here and
there
for an answer to this question, but so far no luck, so I'm asking the
experts
here.

I have been inserting Comments in various cells to store notes, which
works
fine up to a point, but I was wondering if there are any add-ins
available
that would enhance this featu that is, note taking in Excel. I
realize
Excel is a spreadsheet, but it would be nice if there were other
options
available for attaching notes to certain cells (other than inserting
Comments). Thanks.

Thanks Roger and Gary''s Student -- as always you are both very helpful.

"Roger Govier" wrote:

Hi Rebecca

You can resize the comment by grabbing any of the handles around the edges
of the comment, and extending in whichever direction you want.
Unless you are wanting to write a book about each cell, I think it should
handle what you want<bg

--
Regards
Roger Govier

"Rebecca" wrote in message
...
Thanks, but Data Validation messages seem to be extremely limited in size,
or
can this be changed? Plus unlike Comments, and as far as I can tell,
formatting in Data Validation is not an option. It looks like I'm stuck
with
Comments, which as I said are OK.

"Gary''s Student" wrote:

An alternative to Comments is Data Validation messages. They will appear
on
a mouse-click rather than mouse-over.
--
Gary''s Student - gsnu200807


"Rebecca" wrote:

Greetings. I am using VISTA and Excel 2007. I have searched here and
there
for an answer to this question, but so far no luck, so I'm asking the
experts
here.

I have been inserting Comments in various cells to store notes, which
works
fine up to a point, but I was wondering if there are any add-ins
available
that would enhance this featu that is, note taking in Excel. I
realize
Excel is a spreadsheet, but it would be nice if there were other
options
available for attaching notes to certain cells (other than inserting
Comments). Thanks.