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I copied a couple of lines from one of my accounts on line. I mistakenly
copied a form field (a check box). I can't remove the box. I have tried to delete the whole row. I have done clear contents. I have changed the cell formatting. I don't know what else to do. When I delete the row it moves to the next row. -- Shady |
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Try this:
1) Select ViewToolbarsControl Toolbox. 2) Activate the Design Mode control at the top-left corner of the toolbar (the tool tip should say "Design Mode"). 3) Hold the mouse pointer over the check box. It should turn into a four-way arrow. 4) Select the check box. 4) Click the <Delete button. Regards, Greg "Shady Lady" wrote: I copied a couple of lines from one of my accounts on line. I mistakenly copied a form field (a check box). I can't remove the box. I have tried to delete the whole row. I have done clear contents. I have changed the cell formatting. I don't know what else to do. When I delete the row it moves to the next row. -- Shady |
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In addition to Greg's method, you could try Edit--Go to--Special and
choose Objects, and hit OK. Then hit your Delete key. The difference is, this will select ANY and ALL objects, not just one or some. ******************* ~Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "Shady Lady" wrote in message ... I copied a couple of lines from one of my accounts on line. I mistakenly copied a form field (a check box). I can't remove the box. I have tried to delete the whole row. I have done clear contents. I have changed the cell formatting. I don't know what else to do. When I delete the row it moves to the next row. -- Shady |
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Another way is to select the "Select Objects" arrow from the Drawing
toolbar. Encircle all the object such that each is selected. Than click "Delete". -- steveB Remove "AYN" from email to respond "Greg Wilson" wrote in message ... Try this: 1) Select ViewToolbarsControl Toolbox. 2) Activate the Design Mode control at the top-left corner of the toolbar (the tool tip should say "Design Mode"). 3) Hold the mouse pointer over the check box. It should turn into a four-way arrow. 4) Select the check box. 4) Click the <Delete button. Regards, Greg "Shady Lady" wrote: I copied a couple of lines from one of my accounts on line. I mistakenly copied a form field (a check box). I can't remove the box. I have tried to delete the whole row. I have done clear contents. I have changed the cell formatting. I don't know what else to do. When I delete the row it moves to the next row. -- Shady |
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I believe both your's and Anne's methods will only work for native drawing
objects and not for ActiveX controls. The OP's check box is likely an ActiveX control. I went to my own web account and copied a check box and pasted it to the worksheet. I could not activate the control using either your's or Anne's methods. Best regards, Greg "STEVE BELL" wrote: Another way is to select the "Select Objects" arrow from the Drawing toolbar. Encircle all the object such that each is selected. Than click "Delete". -- steveB Remove "AYN" from email to respond "Greg Wilson" wrote in message ... Try this: 1) Select ViewToolbarsControl Toolbox. 2) Activate the Design Mode control at the top-left corner of the toolbar (the tool tip should say "Design Mode"). 3) Hold the mouse pointer over the check box. It should turn into a four-way arrow. 4) Select the check box. 4) Click the <Delete button. Regards, Greg "Shady Lady" wrote: I copied a couple of lines from one of my accounts on line. I mistakenly copied a form field (a check box). I can't remove the box. I have tried to delete the whole row. I have done clear contents. I have changed the cell formatting. I don't know what else to do. When I delete the row it moves to the next row. -- Shady |
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Good call, Greg. I must not get files that use those much. :) Now I have to
go write another article! ******************* ~Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com "Greg Wilson" wrote in message ... I believe both your's and Anne's methods will only work for native drawing objects and not for ActiveX controls. The OP's check box is likely an ActiveX control. I went to my own web account and copied a check box and pasted it to the worksheet. I could not activate the control using either your's or Anne's methods. Best regards, Greg "STEVE BELL" wrote: Another way is to select the "Select Objects" arrow from the Drawing toolbar. Encircle all the object such that each is selected. Than click "Delete". -- steveB Remove "AYN" from email to respond "Greg Wilson" wrote in message ... Try this: 1) Select ViewToolbarsControl Toolbox. 2) Activate the Design Mode control at the top-left corner of the toolbar (the tool tip should say "Design Mode"). 3) Hold the mouse pointer over the check box. It should turn into a four-way arrow. 4) Select the check box. 4) Click the <Delete button. Regards, Greg "Shady Lady" wrote: I copied a couple of lines from one of my accounts on line. I mistakenly copied a form field (a check box). I can't remove the box. I have tried to delete the whole row. I have done clear contents. I have changed the cell formatting. I don't know what else to do. When I delete the row it moves to the next row. -- Shady |
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Greg,
My error - it works with some objects from the web, but not all. Tried it on one of my copy/paste from an on-line account. -- steveB Remove "AYN" from email to respond "Greg Wilson" wrote in message ... I believe both your's and Anne's methods will only work for native drawing objects and not for ActiveX controls. The OP's check box is likely an ActiveX control. I went to my own web account and copied a check box and pasted it to the worksheet. I could not activate the control using either your's or Anne's methods. Best regards, Greg "STEVE BELL" wrote: Another way is to select the "Select Objects" arrow from the Drawing toolbar. Encircle all the object such that each is selected. Than click "Delete". -- steveB Remove "AYN" from email to respond "Greg Wilson" wrote in message ... Try this: 1) Select ViewToolbarsControl Toolbox. 2) Activate the Design Mode control at the top-left corner of the toolbar (the tool tip should say "Design Mode"). 3) Hold the mouse pointer over the check box. It should turn into a four-way arrow. 4) Select the check box. 4) Click the <Delete button. Regards, Greg "Shady Lady" wrote: I copied a couple of lines from one of my accounts on line. I mistakenly copied a form field (a check box). I can't remove the box. I have tried to delete the whole row. I have done clear contents. I have changed the cell formatting. I don't know what else to do. When I delete the row it moves to the next row. -- Shady |
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Just as an extra precaution I will add an experience I had a few times. Once
an ActiveX control is on the Excel worksheet it is tough to see very much info about it -- or, for that matter, how many there might be in the same spot. I once or twice found that I had to delete the same object about 20 or so times and it did finally go away. Apparently, the creator of the web form had done copy paste a zillion times with the same object type in the same spot. On a true form, one could check the object drop down to see what items are on the form, I don't think there is an equivalent in an Excel worksheet (or at least I don't know where it is, if there is one. "STEVE BELL" wrote in message news:GFSEe.2657$vY2.91@trnddc09... Greg, My error - it works with some objects from the web, but not all. Tried it on one of my copy/paste from an on-line account. -- steveB Remove "AYN" from email to respond "Greg Wilson" wrote in message ... I believe both your's and Anne's methods will only work for native drawing objects and not for ActiveX controls. The OP's check box is likely an ActiveX control. I went to my own web account and copied a check box and pasted it to the worksheet. I could not activate the control using either your's or Anne's methods. Best regards, Greg "STEVE BELL" wrote: Another way is to select the "Select Objects" arrow from the Drawing toolbar. Encircle all the object such that each is selected. Than click "Delete". -- steveB Remove "AYN" from email to respond "Greg Wilson" wrote in message ... Try this: 1) Select ViewToolbarsControl Toolbox. 2) Activate the Design Mode control at the top-left corner of the toolbar (the tool tip should say "Design Mode"). 3) Hold the mouse pointer over the check box. It should turn into a four-way arrow. 4) Select the check box. 4) Click the <Delete button. Regards, Greg "Shady Lady" wrote: I copied a couple of lines from one of my accounts on line. I mistakenly copied a form field (a check box). I can't remove the box. I have tried to delete the whole row. I have done clear contents. I have changed the cell formatting. I don't know what else to do. When I delete the row it moves to the next row. -- Shady |
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To see a list of specific objects, you can add the 'Select Multiple
Objects' tool to one of your toolbars: Choose ToolsCustomize Select the Commands tab Select the Drawing Category Drag the 'Select Multiple Objects' tool onto one of your toolbars Click Close Then, click the Select Multiple Objects button, and select any or all objects on the worksheet. If you're in Design Mode (on the Control Toolbox), ActiveX objects will be included in the list. William Benson wrote: Just as an extra precaution I will add an experience I had a few times. Once an ActiveX control is on the Excel worksheet it is tough to see very much info about it -- or, for that matter, how many there might be in the same spot. I once or twice found that I had to delete the same object about 20 or so times and it did finally go away. Apparently, the creator of the web form had done copy paste a zillion times with the same object type in the same spot. On a true form, one could check the object drop down to see what items are on the form, I don't think there is an equivalent in an Excel worksheet (or at least I don't know where it is, if there is one. "STEVE BELL" wrote in message news:GFSEe.2657$vY2.91@trnddc09... Greg, My error - it works with some objects from the web, but not all. Tried it on one of my copy/paste from an on-line account. -- steveB Remove "AYN" from email to respond "Greg Wilson" wrote in message ... I believe both your's and Anne's methods will only work for native drawing objects and not for ActiveX controls. The OP's check box is likely an ActiveX control. I went to my own web account and copied a check box and pasted it to the worksheet. I could not activate the control using either your's or Anne's methods. Best regards, Greg "STEVE BELL" wrote: Another way is to select the "Select Objects" arrow from the Drawing toolbar. Encircle all the object such that each is selected. Than click "Delete". -- steveB Remove "AYN" from email to respond "Greg Wilson" wrote in message ... Try this: 1) Select ViewToolbarsControl Toolbox. 2) Activate the Design Mode control at the top-left corner of the toolbar (the tool tip should say "Design Mode"). 3) Hold the mouse pointer over the check box. It should turn into a four-way arrow. 4) Select the check box. 4) Click the <Delete button. Regards, Greg "Shady Lady" wrote: I copied a couple of lines from one of my accounts on line. I mistakenly copied a form field (a check box). I can't remove the box. I have tried to delete the whole row. I have done clear contents. I have changed the cell formatting. I don't know what else to do. When I delete the row it moves to the next row. -- Shady -- Debra Dalgleish Excel FAQ, Tips & Book List http://www.contextures.com/tiptech.html |
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Thanks for pointing that out Debra. I've never used that control before. This
will be very useful. Regards, Greg "Debra Dalgleish" wrote: To see a list of specific objects, you can add the 'Select Multiple Objects' tool to one of your toolbars: Choose ToolsCustomize Select the Commands tab Select the Drawing Category Drag the 'Select Multiple Objects' tool onto one of your toolbars Click Close Then, click the Select Multiple Objects button, and select any or all objects on the worksheet. If you're in Design Mode (on the Control Toolbox), ActiveX objects will be included in the list. |
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I second what Greg said, thanks!
"Debra Dalgleish" wrote in message ... To see a list of specific objects, you can add the 'Select Multiple Objects' tool to one of your toolbars: Choose ToolsCustomize Select the Commands tab Select the Drawing Category Drag the 'Select Multiple Objects' tool onto one of your toolbars Click Close Then, click the Select Multiple Objects button, and select any or all objects on the worksheet. If you're in Design Mode (on the Control Toolbox), ActiveX objects will be included in the list. William Benson wrote: Just as an extra precaution I will add an experience I had a few times. Once an ActiveX control is on the Excel worksheet it is tough to see very much info about it -- or, for that matter, how many there might be in the same spot. I once or twice found that I had to delete the same object about 20 or so times and it did finally go away. Apparently, the creator of the web form had done copy paste a zillion times with the same object type in the same spot. On a true form, one could check the object drop down to see what items are on the form, I don't think there is an equivalent in an Excel worksheet (or at least I don't know where it is, if there is one. "STEVE BELL" wrote in message news:GFSEe.2657$vY2.91@trnddc09... Greg, My error - it works with some objects from the web, but not all. Tried it on one of my copy/paste from an on-line account. -- steveB Remove "AYN" from email to respond "Greg Wilson" wrote in message ... I believe both your's and Anne's methods will only work for native drawing objects and not for ActiveX controls. The OP's check box is likely an ActiveX control. I went to my own web account and copied a check box and pasted it to the worksheet. I could not activate the control using either your's or Anne's methods. Best regards, Greg "STEVE BELL" wrote: Another way is to select the "Select Objects" arrow from the Drawing toolbar. Encircle all the object such that each is selected. Than click "Delete". -- steveB Remove "AYN" from email to respond "Greg Wilson" wrote in message ... Try this: 1) Select ViewToolbarsControl Toolbox. 2) Activate the Design Mode control at the top-left corner of the toolbar (the tool tip should say "Design Mode"). 3) Hold the mouse pointer over the check box. It should turn into a four-way arrow. 4) Select the check box. 4) Click the <Delete button. Regards, Greg "Shady Lady" wrote: I copied a couple of lines from one of my accounts on line. I mistakenly copied a form field (a check box). I can't remove the box. I have tried to delete the whole row. I have done clear contents. I have changed the cell formatting. I don't know what else to do. When I delete the row it moves to the next row. -- Shady -- Debra Dalgleish Excel FAQ, Tips & Book List http://www.contextures.com/tiptech.html |
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