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How do I set up excel to tab from field to field in a form?
any help would be appreciated...
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Big Mac,
One approach is to unlock the cells you'll be using (Format - Cells - Protection - deselect Locked), then protect the sheet (Tools - Protection - Protect sheet). Now tabbing will be only to the unprotected cells. -- Earl Kiosterud "bigmac6365" wrote in message ... any help would be appreciated... |
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bigmac
Several methods depending upon your particular sequencing needs. To TAB to desired cells....... 1. Unlock the cells you want to TAB to then protect the worksheet. If your unlocked cells are in a left to right, top to bottom series, the TAB key will move you through them as long as Sheet Protection is enabled. 2. If not in this configuration.....you can do it with a Named Range and no sheet protection. Assuming your range of cells to be A1, B2, C3, F4, A2, F1 for example. Select the Second cell(B2) you want in the range then CRTL + click your way through the range in the order you wish, ending with the First cell(A1). Name this range under InsertNameDefineOK. Now click on NameBox(top left corner above row 1 and col A), select the range name to highlight the range. With these cells selected, you can input data and Tab or Enter your way through the range in the order you selected. Note: there is a limit of about 25 - 30 cells to a range using this method due to a 255 character limit in a named range. Longer sheet names will reduce the number of cells considerably. If more needed, you can enter them manually in thr "refers to" box. From Debra Dalgleish..... The limit is 255 characters in the Name definition. For example, I can define a range of 46 non-contiguous cells, with the following string: =$B$2,$D$2,$F$2,$H$2,$J$2,$B$4,$D$4,$F$4,$H$4,$J$ 4,$B$6,$D$6,$F$6,$H$6, $J$6,$B$8,$D$8,$F$8,$H$8,$J$8,$B$10,$D$10,$F$10,$ H$10,$J$10,$B$12,$D$12, $F$12,$H$12,$J$12,$B$14,$D$14,$F$14,$H$14,$J$14,$ B$16,$D$16,$F$16,$H$16, $J$16,$B$18,$D$18,$F$18,$H$18,$J$18,$L$3 There is a third method which requires VBA and a Worksheet_Change event. ''moves from C2 through E5 at entry Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range) Select Case Target.Address Case "$C$2" Range("C5").Select Case "$C$5" Range("E2").Select Case "$E$2" Range("E5").Select End Select End Sub On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 09:24:12 -0700, "bigmac6365" wrote: any help would be appreciated... |
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