Benjamin Wilson7 said:I've been losing my mind over this one little issue for two days straight now: So, I have these specific cells where I've restricted input to only certain numbers, right? But when I actually type something in, the cell looks completely empty. I can see what I'm typing up in the formula bar, sure, but the actual cell itself shows absolutely nothing.
The whole Sheet is locked down, except for those specific cells where I've allowed data entry.
And then there's a second problem, though it's not quite as big of a headache yet: Whenever I open a drop-down list in one of the selection cells, the menu starts from the bottom instead of the top. I haven't even had the headspace to deal with that because the first thing is driving me absolutely insane.
Any ideas would be much appreciated. Cheers.
I honestly can't believe this is happening to you, but is there any chance you accidentally set the font color ( White to white and formatted the cells that way?
Jessica Lopez19 said:Ugh, it just hit me why that workaround didn't sit right with me (honestly, how did I miss that initially?!), so I tried linking the cells instead since they're moving to another sheet, and I just couldn't be bothered to type out "=Sheet1!$H$1" by hand—though, let's be real, it's basically the same thing anyway....
Let’s step back and actually clarify what I'm trying to achieve here. I want to take a single 50x70 table on one sheet and have it automatically generate on a second sheet where the data stays in the same rows, but the actual cell order within those rows is completely reversed....
The real headache, John, was that if there are any empty cells in that range, you end up with a bunch of zeros instead of blanks, which is totally useless for my purposes. I really should have realized sooner that I could just toss that idea aside because it's such an easy fix using an IF function to check if a cell is blank before doing anything else....
If you don't want to mess around with complicated formulas, you can just turn off zero displays entirely. Just go into the Tools menu and uncheck "zero values." However, if your tables actually contain legitimate numbers, then using an IF statement is definitely the smarter way to go.
Walter Jackson48 said:How do I set up page numbering so that the numbering starts at 1 on my fourth page instead of just continuing from the beginning? 1. Open up my Microsoft Word document and scroll my cursor all the way down to the bottom of the third page. 2. Go to the Insert tab, find the Page break, and select Next page. 3. Head over to the View tab, open up the Header and Footer view, then click the Link to Previous icon (to make sure it unchecks "same as previous"). 4. Click on the Format page number icon, choose to start at 1, hit Close, and then that second section should finally show everything starting from 1 again.
Look, try my step 4 first—go straight to Insert page number, and you'll see it puts a "4" on that fourth page (in my specific case, anyway). To force it to actually say "1" instead of "4," you have to go into the Format page number settings and check the box to start at 1. If you do that right, the first section stays blank, and the second section kicks off perfectly from 1 onwards.
slyrider20 said:Look, I'll apologize in advance if this sounds like a total rookie question, but I am completely lost here. I'm stuck using Microsoft Word 2003. I need to get my page numbers set up, but specifically, I want the numbering to actually kick in starting from, say, the 5th page. I don't want any numbers showing up on those initial pages at all, and I can't for the life of me figure out how to make that happen. I already know about that "don't show number on first page" trick, but that doesn't help me because I have several pages to skip, not just one.
So, how do you actually get the numbering to start at 1 beginning on the 4th sheet? 1. Open up your document in Microsoft Word 2003 and move your cursor down to the very end of the third page. 2. Go ahead to Insert, then select Page break, and choose Next page. 3. Switch over to View, click on Header and Footer, and then find the icon for Link to Previous (you need to click that to uncheck same as previous). 4. Then go to the Format page number icon, select where you want to start at 1, hit Close, and now that second section should be counting up from 1 properly.
Look, if you’re trying to force a number like 2.7 up to a 3—you know, always rounding up to be safe—just use the formula: =ROUNDUP(2.7,1). On the flip side, if you need to pull a 2.1 down to a 2, go with: =ROUNDDOWN(2.1,1). And honestly, I was dealing with this headache the other day at my desk when I needed to turn 505.00 into a clean 500 by rounding down: just use =ROUNDDOWN(505,-1). It saves a lot of unnecessary math if you just set it right from the start.
So, if you're dealing with numbers formatted as times—say, something like 8:00—and you actually need them to act like regular integers, here’s a little trick. You can basically force them to become just "8" by going into the Custom formatting settings and typing > into the Type field. Once you've done that, just select all those cells where the times are displayed, hit that > format, and boom: you've got simple numbers that won't give you a headache when you try to run a >. Good luck with it.
Look, if you're trying to sync up dates across two different sheets—say you type a date into cell A2 and you want that exact same date to pop up over on Sheet1 in cell A39 without typing it twice—there’s a simple fix. Just head over to cell A39 and drop in this formula: =A2. That's it. Once you hit enter, whatever you put in A2 will automatically mirror itself in A39. It saves a bit of clicking, I suppose. Also, just a quick heads-up regarding my previous point: if having "SD" sitting in your table is messing with your math functions or causing errors, just tuck a "0" into your formula instead. It keeps the numbers clean.
Give this formula a shot in cell C: =IF(AND(A1;B1>0);IF(A1>B1;B1+1-A1;B1-A1);"SD"). Here’s how it breaks down: if you’ve got timestamps entered in cells A1 and B1, cell C1 will calculate the difference (like that 8-hour gap in your example). But, if there’s nothing entered in those cells—which wouldn't happen if the employee actually clocked in—then cell C just displays "SD" for sick leave. I hope I caught your drift here, and honestly, even more so if this actually solves your headache.
So, if you’ve gone ahead and slapped "SD" into cell B1, then you’ll want to head over to C1 and drop in this formula: =IF(A1="SD";"0";"") Basically, what I'm getting at is—if A1 shows "SD," just spit out a zero; otherwise, leave it totally blank. Simple enough, right?
Look, you might want to try fixing this by messing with the Page Setup settings—specifically, just go in there and dial back those top and bottom margins.
Look, just try this: open up a document in Microsoft Word and head straight up to the main menu. Go to Tools, then scroll all the way down to Options. Once that new window pops up, you'll want to click on the Spell Check tab. On the left side there, look for the "Spelling" section and just uncheck the little box next to Hide spelling errors... That should do the trick and solve your problem once and for all.
Kimberly Miller6, First, you’ve got to mark your text. Once you've done that, head up to the main menu, find where it says format, and then select Columns. That's where you can decide exactly how many Columns you actually need for the layout.
First, just highlight whatever chunk of text you’re trying to fix, then go ahead and hit SHIFT plus F3—that’ll kick things off by capitalizing just the first letter of each word, and if you want to keep going, just hold down SHIFT while you keep tapping F3. That should do the trick and solve your little headache once and for all.