Microsoft Excel Questions


Query/physical file headings
Hi, I have a query that creates a file. I transfer the file to my C drive as a cvs file that I send out to a vendor. He would like headings on the file…..I can’t seem to find out how to do this…..I know this is a silly question but how can I get [...]

Answer Question   |  January 16, 2009  4:19 PM
CVS, Microsoft Excel, Physical File
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335 pts.

I want data from AS400 PF to my windows system in form of XL sheet.
I want to create a pgm in any of the high level language supported by AS400. I want that when this program is run, an XL sheet is created and all the data in a specified PF should come in this XL sheet. If I am right, then every XL sheet has a limit on [...]

Answer Question   |  January 15, 2009  1:20 PM
AS400 data transfer from PF to Excel, Microsoft Excel, PF
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5 pts.

Image storage in Microsoft Excel
I’d like to know the code or procedure to use in Ms Excel that will help me to lookup a photo into a cell. I’ve observed some customised banking software which is able to display the picture and signature of a client whenever his unique account number is entered. Could I use excel to perform [...]

Answer Question   |  January 5, 2009  3:35 PM
Excel functions, Microsoft Excel, microsoft excel functions
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5 pts.

Menu Driven Macros
I have a database within Excel 2007. There are quite a few macros in it. I want others to be able to use the database and certain macros, but I want the options to be in a menu type layout not on the bar. I know this has to be possible, but I don’t even [...]

Answer Question   |  January 2, 2009  9:03 PM
Excel 2007, Excel macros, Microsoft Excel
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5 pts.

file format or extension invalid
after using Excel 2007 for several months with no problem, I had to reformat and reload windows xp professional. then I installed Excel 2007 and now I can’t open the xlsx files created by Excel 2007. I get the error in the above title box. Any help will be welcomed. Gervis.

Answer Question   |  December 31, 2008  3:50 AM
Excel 2007, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office File Extensions, XLS, XLSX
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15 pts.

Data transfer from webpage to excel
I have a complicated problem for data extract from a web site. It is about a horse race analysis. problem description as below 1. want to retrieve some historical data and non-dynamic 2. datas are spread into many different web pages and they are in asp. 3. pull down menu is on the web page [...]

Answer Question   |  April 4, 2009  8:29 AM
Microsoft Excel
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5 pts.

office 2003 excel filter
Within excel 2003 I have 1245 records in a sheet and I try to add an auto filter and not all items in that column are in the list, why. When I select just a few cells in the column and apply the auto filter the missing items are there but highlighting the whole sheet [...]

Answer Question   |  February 23, 2009  8:40 PM
Excel 2003, Microsoft Excel
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10 pts.

Critical Path
I created a project plan and everything looks normal but when I want to view for a critical path (using Gant Wizard Chart), I don’t see any critical paths. I am wondering what went wrong

Answer Question   |  December 23, 2008  3:47 PM
Excel Charts, Gantt Chart Wizard, Microsoft Excel
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5 pts.

Problem refreshing excel 2003 ms query using excel 2007
I have several ms queries that were created using excel 2003. Now I have excel 2007 and I can’t refresh or even edit the queries. I get odbc errors like ‘data source name not found and no default driver found. I can create new ms queries in 2007 from the same database with no problem. [...]

Answer Question   |  March 5, 2010  3:33 PM
Excel 2003, Excel 2007, Excel error messages, Microsoft Excel, MS Query
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5 pts.

Excel 03 won’t release cell
We’ve had a couple of users run into issues with Excel 03 not releasing a cell as if were in EXT mode. Problem is that when we press F8 it won’t release it. ESC hasn’t helped and it locks up the workbook so the only way to close it is through Task Manager. Running Windows [...]

Answer Question   |  December 24, 2008  7:22 PM
Excel 2003, Microsoft Excel, Office 2003, Windows XP, Windows XP Professional SP2
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420 pts.

Excel 03 opens as Read Only always
We have a user that is only able to open Excel 03 files in Read Only. No other MS Office does this to her. It even happens to Excel files she has created and files that she receives in emails. Any ideas would be helpful since we are at a loss. Windows XP Pro SP2, [...]

Answer Question   |  March 1, 2012  7:14 PM
Excel 2003, Microsoft Excel, Read only documents
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420 pts.

Using Access query data in Excel
I have a need to use some employee data that is contained in an Acess database in a dashboard like application in Excel. I have tried several attempts at getting this data but have not had any sucess. I can move the entire file, but I really need to move only the data that meets [...]

Answer Question   |  February 4, 2010  5:02 PM
Access query, Access to Excel, Database, Excel 2003, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel
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5 pts.

How to run a query in PS Query using Microsoft Excel macro
Hi, I am working on a macro in Excel that can automate the running of a query in people soft PS Query application.Result should also be save in Excel format at given path. Here is what i exactly want to do 1. Put all query name under column A.(not entire query only its name) 2. [...]

Answer Question   |  December 11, 2008  9:48 AM
Microsoft Excel, PeopleSoft, PS Query
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10 pts.

STRPCCMD with blank in path
I am trying to start an Excel spreadsheet with a blank in the path. ex: STRPCCMD ‘START K:My DocumentsGLMonthend.XLS’ I’ve tried all sorts of QUOTE scenarios but have not hit on the right set. Thank you MIS

Answer Question   |  December 11, 2008  2:21 AM
AS/400 interoperability, CL, Client Access/400, Microsoft Excel, STRPCCMD
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940 pts.

Extract text from HTML pages, separate into articles, extracts keywords, tag with keywords, import to wordpress
We run a niche news B2B news service; every day we send out an email with between 10 and 30 stories in it. This email is then turned into an html page including all the stories, and uploaded to our website. This has been going on for around 6 years, so I reckon there are [...]

Answer Question   |  March 21, 2009  3:42 PM
HTML, Microsoft Excel, WordPress, XML
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5 pts.

Microsoft Excel hyperlinks to Lotus Notes
I created a hyperlink in MS Excel to an E-mail address (I use Lotus Notes). When I follow, the email is created with the correct subjsct line however the text line is blank i.e., simply not there, even though it appears in the “text to appear” diologus box. Does anyone know why this is?

Answer Question   |  December 10, 2008  5:43 AM
Hyperlinks, Lotus Notes, Lotus Notes email, Microsoft Excel
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5 pts.

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5 pts.

Upgrading from excel 2003 to 2007
After upgrading our laptops from Office 2003 to Office 2007 somehow the permissions in the IFS have changed and certain groups can no longer save Excel documents with system i data. They get a “cannot save” message. Any idea where to look? Netserver etc.?

Answer Question   |  December 9, 2008  4:03 PM
Excel 2003, Excel 2003 to Excel 2007 Upgrade, Excel 2007, Excel Upgrade, Microsoft Excel, Office 2007
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5 pts.

Excel to Access conversion
When I import data from MS Excel v2003 into MS ACCESS v97, some of the data converts (numbers) converts to scientific form (4268411 converts to 4.26841e+006) even though I specify that the column format is text. How can I stop this from happening?

Answer Question   |  December 10, 2008  4:11 PM
Access 97, Excel 2003, Excel to Access Conversion, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel
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5 pts.

Office 2007 labels using an Excel worksheet
What to do when I cannot get Excel spreadsheet to link with WORD document to make mailing labels

Answer Question   |  April 11, 2010  1:49 AM
Mail merge, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Word, Office 2007
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5 pts.