How do I use conditional formatting to set text height and indent.

[Melody]

When creating spreadsheets in Excel, I always want a top, bottom, left &
right indent on each cell (say 2px). I also want each cell to auto-size to
fit the amount of text that it contains. I don't want to have to set these
parameters each time I create a document. Can I use conditional formatting to
create a "template" or "rule" for future use? Is there a more efficient way
to to this?

 

[Gord Dibben]

CF won't set autofit or indents.

Open a new workbook. Customize as you wish.

File>Save As Type: scroll down to Excel Template(*.XLT) and select. Name
your workbook "BOOK"(no quotes). Excel will add the .XLT to save as
BOOK.XLT.

Store this workbook in the XLSTART folder usually located at........

C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART

This will be the default workbook for File>New or the Toolbar button
File>New or CTRL + n

WARNING................Do not use File>New...Blank Workbook or you will get
the Excel default workbook.

NOTE: Existing workbooks are not affected by these settings.

You can also open a new workbook and delete all but one sheet. Customize as
you wish then save this as SHEET.XLT in XLSTART folder also. It now becomes
the default Insert>Sheet.

More can be found on this in Help under "templates"(no quotes).


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP