wind direction
 

Is there any way of displaying a cell containing a number 0-360 as a
directional indicator (an arrow or something like that). In need to chart
wind speed and direction against some other data nd I can't think how to do
it. (using Excel97)

Thanks


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Tobit Curteis
________________________
Cambridge
UK

TC wrote:
Is there any way of displaying a cell containing a number 0-360 as a
directional indicator (an arrow or something like that). In need to chart
wind speed and direction against some other data nd I can't think how to do
it. (using Excel97)

Thanks



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Well a brute force approach would be to create your own symbol font. One where
A is an up arrow, B is an arrow pointing 1 degree to the right, etc.

Someone here will probably have a more elegant solution.

Bill

Would something like this work as a demo? You may have to have an event
macro fire to set this up correctly.

Sub Demo()
Dim angle

[A1] = Chr(223)
[A1].Font.Name = "Wingdings"

With Range("A1")
For angle = -90 To 90 Step 1
.HorizontalAlignment = xlCenter
.Orientation = angle
Next
[A1] = Chr(224)
For angle = -90 To 90 Step 1
.HorizontalAlignment = xlCenter
.Orientation = angle
Next
End With
End Sub


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Dana DeLouis
Win XP & Office 2003


"TC" wrote in message
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Is there any way of displaying a cell containing a number 0-360 as a
directional indicator (an arrow or something like that). In need to chart
wind speed and direction against some other data nd I can't think how to
do it. (using Excel97)

Thanks


--
Tobit Curteis
________________________
Cambridge
UK

Personally, I think that's way cool.

Bill
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Dana DeLouis wrote:
Would something like this work as a demo? You may have to have an event
macro fire to set this up correctly.

Sub Demo()
Dim angle

[A1] = Chr(223)
[A1].Font.Name = "Wingdings"

With Range("A1")
For angle = -90 To 90 Step 1
.HorizontalAlignment = xlCenter
.Orientation = angle
Next
[A1] = Chr(224)
For angle = -90 To 90 Step 1
.HorizontalAlignment = xlCenter
.Orientation = angle
Next
End With
End Sub