Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
  #1   Report Post  
Posted to microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions
RichardAllen
 
Posts: n/a
Default Improve Excel Help Text - Make easier to Find Function Refs

The online help for Excel functions is often difficult to search. If you are
programming Excel formulae (not macros), you need easy access to the list of
built in formulae, their syntax, and descriptions. I find that I need access
to this part of the help system 10x more frequently than any other excel help
- but the cross referencing within functions and between functions and the
'list of functions' is not very good. Here are some suggestions to the MS
writers:
1. Please add a Cross reference from each group of functions (e.g., Date
andTime Functions) to the list of function types (i.e., the next level up in
the hierarchy). If I'm looking at a date function & it's not the function I
want, I want to go up the hierarchy to all date/time functions. If that's
not the right function, I want to be able to walk up the hierarchy to all
functions.
2. Please add the function list into the List of Contents - it's really
difficult to find from the Manual TOC.
3. More x-refs from functions - groups of functions - list of groups
4. Look at the index list & get more of these into the index. Seaching
"Functions" or "syntax" or things like this should get you to the function
lists.

Many thanks.

----------------
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...et.f unctions
Reply
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules

Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Is there a way for excel to recognise that €0.00 = 0 for the purposes IF function ? CmTaz Excel Discussion (Misc queries) 4 March 6th 06 04:45 AM
TRYING TO SET UP EXCEL SPREADSHEET ON MY COMPUTER MEGTOM New Users to Excel 5 October 27th 05 03:06 AM
Formulas dealing with text data Bagia Excel Worksheet Functions 6 June 20th 05 10:29 PM
can I make pulldown text boxes in excel sheets Frank Excel Discussion (Misc queries) 1 February 11th 05 06:05 PM
Macro or Function to make text size to suite text Length? lbbss Excel Discussion (Misc queries) 4 December 14th 04 08:53 PM


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 12:03 AM.

Powered by vBulletin® Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2024 ExcelBanter.
The comments are property of their posters.
 

About Us

"It's about Microsoft Excel"