Excel should let me use hidden text (like MS Word) - Thanks

[Guest]

It would be beneficial if Excel provided a “hidden text†option like MS Word.
This would allow information to be stored in cells but not printed when the
spreadsheet is printed.

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[Peo Sjoblom]

Good luck with that one ! LOL

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[Guest]

What you are suggesting can already be accomplished in a number of ways. You
can place the info in a Hidden Row or Column. Or, use a seperate Worksheet
for data storage. You could also change the text color of the "hidden" cell
to white (or whatever background color you're using). That way it is still
accessible, but will not show up when printing. And if you get into writing
VB code, you can open up even more possibilities.

 

[Duke Carey]

You can insert a text box, add your text, and set the text box properties so
it doesn't print

 

[Sandy Mann]

An additional way is to use the N function to include the hidden text in the
formula thus:

=SUM(A1:A10) +N("I want to add up the first 10 cells in column A")

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[Dave Peterson]

And if you're working with strings:

="this is a string " & text(a1,"$0.00") & text("this is a comment",";;;")