can I place a button any where in the worksheet to collapse/expand rows? I
would like to place a button +/- on column D to expand/collapse row 2 to 5
(instead of using the grouping tool where you find the button at the left
most corner). Thank you for any assistance.

A B C D
row 1
row 2
row 3
row 4
row 5
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caii
Excel 2003

No need for a button

You could put the following code in the Worksheet_Selection Change
event. It will hide rows 2 to 5 whenever a cell in column D is
selected. Similarly it will unhide the rows if column E is selected

If you really want a button, simply use the same code in an attached
macro.

HTH

Private Sub Worksheet_SelectionChange(ByVal Target As Range)

If Not Intersect(Target, [D:D]) Is Nothing Then
[2:5].Rows.Hidden = True
End If

If Not Intersect(Target, [E:E]) Is Nothing Then
[2:5].Rows.Hidden = False
End If

End Sub



caii wrote:
can I place a button any where in the worksheet to collapse/expand rows? I
would like to place a button +/- on column D to expand/collapse row 2 to 5
(instead of using the grouping tool where you find the button at the left
most corner). Thank you for any assistance.

A B C D
row 1
row 2
row 3
row 4
row 5
--
caii
Excel 2003

Have a look at Filter

You could put (say) and X in column D in the rows that you want hidden and
use Custom Filter on Columnd D (or on D1:D5) to display only cells that don't
contain X

Data Filter AutoFilter

HTH

Gary

"caii" wrote:

can I place a button any where in the worksheet to collapse/expand rows? I
would like to place a button +/- on column D to expand/collapse row 2 to 5
(instead of using the grouping tool where you find the button at the left
most corner). Thank you for any assistance.

A B C D
row 1
row 2
row 3
row 4
row 5
--
caii
Excel 2003

great and thanks, will try all your suggestions.
--
caii


"Gary76" wrote:

Have a look at Filter

You could put (say) and X in column D in the rows that you want hidden and
use Custom Filter on Columnd D (or on D1:D5) to display only cells that don't
contain X

Data Filter AutoFilter

HTH

Gary

"caii" wrote:

can I place a button any where in the worksheet to collapse/expand rows? I
would like to place a button +/- on column D to expand/collapse row 2 to 5
(instead of using the grouping tool where you find the button at the left
most corner). Thank you for any assistance.

A B C D
row 1
row 2
row 3
row 4
row 5
--
caii
Excel 2003