Showing Detail Only of an Excel Outline

Last reviewed: November 2, 1994
Article ID: Q68631

SUMMARY

Microsoft Excel's outlining feature does not allow you to show only detail items when hiding summary data. However, this function can be performed by a macro.

MORE INFORMATION

The following macro demands a number input from you, and then displays only those rows in the worksheet that are at that level of outlining. All other items will be hidden.

    A1:  =SET.NAME("Level",INPUT("Level to show",1))
    A2:  =SELECT.LAST.CELL()
    A3:  =SET.NAME("Maxrow",ROW(ACTIVE.CELL()))
    A4:  =SELECT("r1c1")
    A5:  =FOR("count",1,Maxrow)
    A6:  =GET.CELL(28,ACTIVE.CELL())
    A7:  =IF(A6<>Level,ROW.HEIGHT(,ACTIVE.CELL(),FALSE,1),
          ROW.HEIGHT(,ACTIVE.CELL(),,2))
    A8:  =SELECT("r[1]c")
    A9:  =NEXT()
   A10: =RETURN()

To make the macro work on columns instead of rows, the following modifications have to be made:

    A3:  =SET.NAME("Maxrow",COLUMN(ACTIVE.CELL()))
    A6:  =GET.CELL(29,ACTIVE.CELL())
    A7:  =IF(A6<>Level,COLUMN.WIDTH(,ACTIVE.CELL(),FALSE,1),
          COLUMN.WIDTH(,ACTIVE.CELL(),,2))
    A8:  =SELECT("rc[1]")

REFERENCES

"Microsoft Excel Function Reference." Pages 201-202. "Microsoft Excel Function Reference." Pages 103-104.

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Last reviewed: November 2, 1994
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