default name and value in input cell

[michael]

Can someone help me decipher the code I need to use below? I don't
understand how to customize it. I am a finance manager and do not have
any coding experience. My spreadsheet basically looks like this:

Jan Feb Mar
New members <enter> <enter> <enter>

I want the user to input a value where it says <enter> (which I want
defaulted to = 0). If the user subsequently deletes a number, I want
the cell to default back to "<enter>" with a "0" value. Please help.
Thanks.


**************************
I'm creating an excel template that I need users to populate. I want
to mark the required input cells as "<enter>"; which should equate to
zero.

If users subsequently delete their number, I want the field to default
back to "<enter>".


What's the simplest way to do this?


Mike


Reply »


From: Bob Phillips - view profile
Date: Fri, Nov 10 2006 5:13 pm
Email: "Bob Phillips" <[email protected]>
Groups: microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions
Not yet ratedRating:
show options
Reply | Reply to Author | Forward | Print | Individual Message | Show
original | Report Abuse | Find messages by this author


Put <enter> in those cells to begin, and then add

Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
Const WS_RANGE As String = "G1,H5,K6,L10" '<=== change to suit


On Error GoTo ws_exit
Application.EnableEvents = False
If Not Intersect(Target, rang(WS_RANGE)) Is Nothing Then
If Target.Value = "" Then
Target.Value = "<enter>"
End If
End If


ws_exit:
Application.EnableEvents = True
End Sub


This is worksheet event code, which means that it needs to be
placed in the appropriate worksheet code module, not a standard
code module. To do this, right-click on the sheet tab, select
the View Code option from the menu, and paste the code in.


--


HTH


Bob Phillips


(replace xxxx in the email address with gmail if mailing direct)







- Hide quoted text -
- Show quoted text -

I'm creating an excel template that I need users to populate. I want
to mark the required input cells as "<enter>"; which should equate to
zero.

If users subsequently delete their number, I want the field to default
back to "<enter>".

What's the simplest way to do this?

Mike

Reply » Rate this post: Text for clearing space

 

[Guest]

Just replace:

Target.Value = "<enter>"

with

Target.Value = 0

 

[Guest]

Just correct the following line in the code by adding an e..........
From:
If Not Intersect(Target, rang(WS_RANGE)) Is Nothing Then
To:
If Not Intersect(Target, range(WS_RANGE)) Is Nothing Then

Then it works fine in my Excel 97 and the cells with <enter> in them add as
zeros.

Vaya con Diso,
Chuck, CABGx3

 

[michael]

Okay, below this is the latest version that works but I need the
<enter> value to = 0. Right now, I get a #VALUE error in my
calculation field because it does not recognize <enter> as any value.

Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
Const WS_RANGE As String = "F10:N10" '<=== change to suit


On Error GoTo ws_exit
Application.EnableEvents = False
If Not Intersect(Target, Range(WS_RANGE)) Is Nothing Then
If Target.Value = "" Then
Target.Value = "<enter>"
End If
End If


ws_exit:
Application.EnableEvents = True
End Sub

 

[Guest]

Try this modified version............

Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
Const WS_RANGE As String = "b2,c2,d2,e2" '<=== change to suit
On Error GoTo ws_exit
Application.EnableEvents = False
If Not Intersect(Target, Range(WS_RANGE)) Is Nothing Then
If Target.Value = "" Then
Target.Value = 0
Target.NumberFormat = "# ""<enter>"""
Else
Target.NumberFormat = "General"
End If
End If
ws_exit:
Application.EnableEvents = True
End Sub

hth
Vaya con Dios,
Chuck, CABGx3