Good evening

I have data in various cells in columns D to H in a spreadsheet. Where
there is data it is in 3 parts separated by a "+" and "-".

I want to write a macro which scrolls down and in each cell where there is
data I want to format everything to the left of the "+" Bold, Arial 10, Blue,
everything to the right of the - Arial 8, Black and everything between the
"+" and the "-" Arial 8, Red.

Whilst it is possible to manually format each cell I haven't been able to
make Conditional Formatting work with this but that could be because I had
the syntax of the formula wrong.

Is it possible to achieve this with a macro and if so please can I have some
help with the code.

Many thanks in anticipation

Kewa

Sub Macro1()
'
' Macro1 Macro
' Macro recorded 7/29/2007 by Joel
'

'
PosPosition = InStr(ActiveCell, "+")
NegPosition = InStr(ActiveCell, "-")

With ActiveCell.Characters(Start:=1, _
Length:=(PosPosition - 1)).Font
.Bold = True
.Size = 10
.ColorIndex = 5
.Name = "Arial"
End With
With ActiveCell.Characters( _
Start:=PosPosition + 1, _
Length:=((NegPosition - PosPosition) - 1)).Font
.Bold = False
.Size = 8
.ColorIndex = 1
.Name = "Arial"
End With
With ActiveCell.Characters( _
Start:=NegPosition + 1, _
Length:=(Len(ActiveCell) - NegPosition)).Font
.Bold = False
.Size = 8
.ColorIndex = 3
.Name = "Arial"
End With

End Sub

"nospaminlich" wrote:

Good evening

I have data in various cells in columns D to H in a spreadsheet. Where
there is data it is in 3 parts separated by a "+" and "-".

I want to write a macro which scrolls down and in each cell where there is
data I want to format everything to the left of the "+" Bold, Arial 10, Blue,
everything to the right of the - Arial 8, Black and everything between the
"+" and the "-" Arial 8, Red.

Whilst it is possible to manually format each cell I haven't been able to
make Conditional Formatting work with this but that could be because I had
the syntax of the formula wrong.

Is it possible to achieve this with a macro and if so please can I have some
help with the code.

Many thanks in anticipation

Kewa

this may get you started

Sub test()
Dim ws As Worksheet
Dim rng As Range
Dim cell As Range
Dim p1 As Long, p2 As Long

Set ws = Worksheets("Sheet1")
Set rng = ws.Range("D1:H500")

On Error Resume Next
For Each cell In rng
p1 = InStr(cell, "+")
p2 = InStrRev(cell, "-")
With cell.Characters(1, p1 - 1)
.Font.Bold = True
.Font.Name = "Arial"
.Font.Size = 10
.Font.ColorIndex = 5
End With

With cell.Characters(p1 + 1, Len(cell) - p2)
.Font.Name = "Arial"
.Font.Size = 8
.Font.ColorIndex = 0
End With
With cell.Characters(p2 + 1, Len(cell) - p2)
.Font.Name = "Arial"
.Font.Size = 8
.Font.ColorIndex = 3
End With
Next
On Error GoTo 0
End Sub

--


Gary


"nospaminlich" wrote in message
...
Good evening

I have data in various cells in columns D to H in a spreadsheet. Where
there is data it is in 3 parts separated by a "+" and "-".

I want to write a macro which scrolls down and in each cell where there is
data I want to format everything to the left of the "+" Bold, Arial 10, Blue,
everything to the right of the - Arial 8, Black and everything between the
"+" and the "-" Arial 8, Red.

Whilst it is possible to manually format each cell I haven't been able to
make Conditional Formatting work with this but that could be because I had
the syntax of the formula wrong.

Is it possible to achieve this with a macro and if so please can I have some
help with the code.

Many thanks in anticipation

Kewa

Another one -

Sub test2()
Dim pos1 As Long, pos2 As Long
Dim rng As Range, cel As Range
' all Arial
' LLL+MMM-RRR
' LLL blue, bold-true 10
' MMM red, bold-false,8
' RRR and +/- auto/black, bold-false, 8

On Error Resume Next

Set rng = Range("D:H").SpecialCells(xlCellTypeConstants, 2)
If rng Is Nothing Then Exit Sub

If rng.Count 10 Then
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
End If

For Each cel In rng

pos1 = InStr(2, cel, "+")
pos2 = InStr(pos1 + 1, cel, "-")

If pos1 Or pos2 Then
With cel.Font
.Name = "Arial"
.Size = 8
.ColorIndex = xlAutomatic
.Bold = False
End With
End If

If pos1 Then
With cel.Characters(1, pos1 - 1).Font
.Size = 10
.ColorIndex = 5
'' if possibility of non default palette use
' .Color = &HFF0000
.Bold = True
End With
End If

If pos2 1 Then
cel.Characters(pos1 + 1, pos2 - pos1 - 1).Font.ColorIndex = 3
' or .Color = &HFF
End If
Next

If Application.ScreenUpdating = False Then
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End If

End Sub

Regards,
Peter T

"nospaminlich" wrote in message
...
Good evening

I have data in various cells in columns D to H in a spreadsheet. Where
there is data it is in 3 parts separated by a "+" and "-".

I want to write a macro which scrolls down and in each cell where there is
data I want to format everything to the left of the "+" Bold, Arial 10,
Blue,
everything to the right of the - Arial 8, Black and everything between the
"+" and the "-" Arial 8, Red.

Whilst it is possible to manually format each cell I haven't been able to
make Conditional Formatting work with this but that could be because I had
the syntax of the formula wrong.

Is it possible to achieve this with a macro and if so please can I have
some
help with the code.

Many thanks in anticipation

Kewa