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Inserting a character into a cell that has text.
I need to read several cells, and occasionally change some by adding
bullets to make the text clearer. For example, the text in the cell might read: There are three items here. An automobile. The license. The owner. I want to bullet this to read: There are three items here. . An automobile. . The license. . The owner. I'd like to double click on the cell, place the cursor where I need it, and press ctrl-A to add (at the cursor) 5 spaces, a bullet, and 2 more spaces. Any ideas? Dom |
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Inserting a character into a cell that has text.
Something like this perhaps. No need to double click however. Select cell
and hit Ctrl + a. Sub SpaceBullet() ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = " . " & ActiveCell.Value End Sub Assinged the keystroke Ctrl + a HTH Regards, Howard wrote in message ups.com... I need to read several cells, and occasionally change some by adding bullets to make the text clearer. For example, the text in the cell might read: There are three items here. An automobile. The license. The owner. I want to bullet this to read: There are three items here. . An automobile. . The license. . The owner. I'd like to double click on the cell, place the cursor where I need it, and press ctrl-A to add (at the cursor) 5 spaces, a bullet, and 2 more spaces. Any ideas? Dom |
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Inserting a character into a cell that has text.
That will work only if I want the bullet at the start of the text. But
I want it to appear anywhere I place the cursor. And I may need more than 1 bullet in the text. Dom L. Howard Kittle wrote: Something like this perhaps. No need to double click however. Select cell and hit Ctrl + a. Sub SpaceBullet() ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = " . " & ActiveCell.Value End Sub Assinged the keystroke Ctrl + a HTH Regards, Howard wrote in message ups.com... I need to read several cells, and occasionally change some by adding bullets to make the text clearer. For example, the text in the cell might read: There are three items here. An automobile. The license. The owner. I want to bullet this to read: There are three items here. . An automobile. . The license. . The owner. I'd like to double click on the cell, place the cursor where I need it, and press ctrl-A to add (at the cursor) 5 spaces, a bullet, and 2 more spaces. Any ideas? Dom |
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Inserting a character into a cell that has text.
If you have the cursor placed in a cell, it is edit mode and you cannot run
a macro. To run the macro you have to hit Enter to get the cell out of edit mode but now you are out of the cell. Catch 22! I have no suggestion, sorry. Regards, Howard wrote in message ups.com... I need to read several cells, and occasionally change some by adding bullets to make the text clearer. For example, the text in the cell might read: There are three items here. An automobile. The license. The owner. I want to bullet this to read: There are three items here. . An automobile. . The license. . The owner. I'd like to double click on the cell, place the cursor where I need it, and press ctrl-A to add (at the cursor) 5 spaces, a bullet, and 2 more spaces. Any ideas? Dom |
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Inserting a character into a cell that has text.
As Howard has pointed out, your concept is not workable in Excel.
Automatically you could do something like: With ActiveCell .Value = Replace(.Value, vbLf, vbLf & " - ") End With If you want the user to be able to select the place etc, you would need to use a text box and an insewrt button. NickHK wrote in message oups.com... That will work only if I want the bullet at the start of the text. But I want it to appear anywhere I place the cursor. And I may need more than 1 bullet in the text. Dom L. Howard Kittle wrote: Something like this perhaps. No need to double click however. Select cell and hit Ctrl + a. Sub SpaceBullet() ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = " . " & ActiveCell.Value End Sub Assinged the keystroke Ctrl + a HTH Regards, Howard wrote in message ups.com... I need to read several cells, and occasionally change some by adding bullets to make the text clearer. For example, the text in the cell might read: There are three items here. An automobile. The license. The owner. I want to bullet this to read: There are three items here. . An automobile. . The license. . The owner. I'd like to double click on the cell, place the cursor where I need it, and press ctrl-A to add (at the cursor) 5 spaces, a bullet, and 2 more spaces. Any ideas? Dom |
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Inserting a character into a cell that has text.
As Howard has pointed out, your concept is not workable in Excel.
Automatically you could do something like: With ActiveCell .Value = Replace(.Value, vbLf, vbLf & " - ") End With If you want the user to be able to select the place etc, you would need to use a text box and an insewrt button. NickHK wrote in message oups.com... That will work only if I want the bullet at the start of the text. But I want it to appear anywhere I place the cursor. And I may need more than 1 bullet in the text. Dom L. Howard Kittle wrote: Something like this perhaps. No need to double click however. Select cell and hit Ctrl + a. Sub SpaceBullet() ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = " . " & ActiveCell.Value End Sub Assinged the keystroke Ctrl + a HTH Regards, Howard wrote in message ups.com... I need to read several cells, and occasionally change some by adding bullets to make the text clearer. For example, the text in the cell might read: There are three items here. An automobile. The license. The owner. I want to bullet this to read: There are three items here. . An automobile. . The license. . The owner. I'd like to double click on the cell, place the cursor where I need it, and press ctrl-A to add (at the cursor) 5 spaces, a bullet, and 2 more spaces. Any ideas? Dom |
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