R Ralph Heidecke Oct 28, 2004 #1 is there a way to extract the comments associated with a cell and display them in another cell via a formula?
is there a way to extract the comments associated with a cell and display them in another cell via a formula?
D Dave Peterson Oct 28, 2004 #3 You can retrieve the text from a comment with a userdefined function like: Option Explicit Function GetComment(FCell As Range) As Variant Application.Volatile Set FCell = FCell(1) If FCell.Comment Is Nothing Then GetComment = "" Else GetComment = FCell.Comment.Text End If End Function Then you can use it like any other function: =getcomment(a1) But be aware that the function won't evaluate when you just change the comment. It'll be correct when excel recalculates. (Hit F9 to force a recalc.) If you're new to macros, you may want to read David McRitchie's intro at: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/getstarted.htm
You can retrieve the text from a comment with a userdefined function like: Option Explicit Function GetComment(FCell As Range) As Variant Application.Volatile Set FCell = FCell(1) If FCell.Comment Is Nothing Then GetComment = "" Else GetComment = FCell.Comment.Text End If End Function Then you can use it like any other function: =getcomment(a1) But be aware that the function won't evaluate when you just change the comment. It'll be correct when excel recalculates. (Hit F9 to force a recalc.) If you're new to macros, you may want to read David McRitchie's intro at: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/getstarted.htm