XL: How to Create a Macro That Counts Text Notes (Cell Notes)Last reviewed: February 3, 1998Article ID: Q141564 |
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SUMMARYIn Microsoft Excel, you can use a text note when you do not want to display comments on your worksheet or when you want to print comments on a separate sheet. The "More Information" section of this article contains sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macros you can use to count how many text notes are in a worksheet.
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http://www.microsoft.com/support/supportnet/refguide/default.asp Sample Macro 1: To Count Text Notes in a Selection
' This code counts the number of text notes in a selection. Sub CountNotesSelection() counter = 0 'You must select the range first z = Selection.Address For Each x In ActiveSheet.Range(z) If Len(x.NoteText) > 0 Then counter = counter + 1 Next MsgBox counter End Sub Sample Macro 2: To Count Text Notes for the Entire Worksheet
' This code counts the number of text notes for the used range on a ' worksheet. Sub CountNotesSheet() counter = 0 For Each x In ActiveSheet.UsedRange If Len(x.NoteText) > 0 Then counter = counter + 1 Next MsgBox counter End SubNOTE: Microsoft Excel 97 and Microsoft Excel 98 no longer use cell notes; cell comments replace cell notes. However, you can use the sample macros in this article to count the cell comments on a worksheet or in a selection. For additional information about working with cell comments with a macro in Microsoft Excel 97 and Microsoft Excel 98, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
ARTICLE-ID: Q158246 TITLE : XL97: How to Determine if the Active Cell Contains a Comment |
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