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Excel should let me relocate cells without relocating the format..
I want to lock in a format in my Excel worksheet and still be able to re-sort
the data and move around cells to different locations without altering my format. For example, if I highlight only certain rows with a specific fill color, and I sort the data, I want the data to be re-ordered, but the row fill-color to stay in place. Basically, I want to lock in a format, but keep the text of a cell "un-locked." ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...lic.excel.misc |
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Excel should let me relocate cells without relocating the format..
To some extent you could do this w/conditional formatting. If you want Row 4
to be formatted use conditional formatting and the formula would be =Row()=4 But since CF only allows 3 conditional formats and does not accept Unions or array constants, it's usefulness is limited. But maybe you could keep a separate list of rows you want formatted a particular way, then for your CF use =ISNA(MATCH(ROW(), YourList, 0))<TRUE Then I think maybe you could have 3 sets of different formats. "Meesheltx" wrote: I want to lock in a format in my Excel worksheet and still be able to re-sort the data and move around cells to different locations without altering my format. For example, if I highlight only certain rows with a specific fill color, and I sort the data, I want the data to be re-ordered, but the row fill-color to stay in place. Basically, I want to lock in a format, but keep the text of a cell "un-locked." ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...lic.excel.misc |
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Excel should let me relocate cells without relocating the form
I happened across another reference (while looking for something else). A
VBA solution by J.E. McGimpsey. http://www.mcgimpsey.com/excel/highl...iteRetainColor "JMB" wrote: To some extent you could do this w/conditional formatting. If you want Row 4 to be formatted use conditional formatting and the formula would be =Row()=4 But since CF only allows 3 conditional formats and does not accept Unions or array constants, it's usefulness is limited. But maybe you could keep a separate list of rows you want formatted a particular way, then for your CF use =ISNA(MATCH(ROW(), YourList, 0))<TRUE Then I think maybe you could have 3 sets of different formats. "Meesheltx" wrote: I want to lock in a format in my Excel worksheet and still be able to re-sort the data and move around cells to different locations without altering my format. For example, if I highlight only certain rows with a specific fill color, and I sort the data, I want the data to be re-ordered, but the row fill-color to stay in place. Basically, I want to lock in a format, but keep the text of a cell "un-locked." ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...lic.excel.misc |
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