XL2000: How to use a Macro to Enter Cell Note Text in a Text Box

ID: Q213623

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Excel 2000

SUMMARY

This article describes how to put the text of a cell's comment (cell note) into a text box. A macro that does this may be especially helpful because you do not have the ability to manually copy text from the comment dialog box and paste it into a text box.

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The following sample macro creates a text box and fills it with the text from a comment.

Sample Visual Basic Procedure


Sub GetCellNote()
       Dim Box As Object, X As Integer
       ' Check to see if there is a Comment in the Active Cell.
       If ActiveCell.Comment Is Nothing Then
            MsgBox "There is not a note in the Active Cell.", vbExclamation
            Exit Sub
       End If
       ' Add a text box and position it to the right of the active cell.
       Set Box = ActiveSheet.TextBoxes.Add(ActiveCell.Offset(1, 1).Left, _
           ActiveCell.Offset(1, 1).Top, ActiveCell.Offset(1, 3).Left, _
           ActiveCell.Offset(6, 1).Top)
       ' Use the NoteText method to add text to the Comment - See 
       ' 'NoteText Method' in Excel Help.
       ' We can only get 255 Characters at a time; so, loop until all of
       ' the Comment text is retrieved.
       Do Until Len(ActiveCell.NoteText(Start:=X * 255 + 1)) = 0
           Box.Characters(X * 255 + 1).Text = _
               ActiveCell.NoteText(Start:=X * 255 + 1)
           X = X + 1 ' get the next 255 characters
       Loop
End Sub

To use the preceding macro in Excel, point to Macro on the Tools menu, and then click Macros. Click the GetCellNote macro, and then click Run. If necessary, size the text box such that you can view the entire note.

Additional query words: xl2000

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Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbhowto