How do I change the default pointer from a cross to an
arrow (or whatever else might be available)?  My mouse
setting in control panel is for default arrow pointer,
which appears in other applications.

here goes
I have column A, Row 2 which has the date 4/1/04 in it.
In column B, Row two, there is a blank cell for a description to be added
I have this cell WORD-WRAPPED so it can grow to show the entire description.

Receive "disk full" error message while trying to save/close several
files that are open simultaneously.  Have more than enough free space
on hard drive and have also deleted tmp files.  I am using Office XP
Pro....any suggestions?

I have a column with mm/dd/yy formatted for dates. When I
sort by that column, it will sort by Jan-Dec 2004, then
Jan-Dec 2003. I want it to do it by Jan 2004-Dec2003...how
can I do this?

Sheet1 has a name in A1 & a number in B1, name in A2 number in B2 and s
on (numbers will continually be changed).  On sheet2 I used =a or =
and so on  (the results of  =a or =b are the names from sheet 1). Wha
I want to accomplish is every time I type =a or =b and the name appear

Can anyone suggest a way of formatting a cell so that when it prints it has
a diagonal line from the bottom left corner to the top right, effectively
splitting the cell into 2 triangles!
thanks for all ideas

Hi all...
Long-time lurker here.
On a regular basis, I need to import large data sets into excel that are CSV
or fixed-width files.  A number of the columns in these files get 'jumbled'

This is what I am trying to do....
In cell A1, i have a figure
I want to duplicate this in B1
In B1 i put =A1, and it reads "=A1"

I have a problem which is driving me mad. I have tried looking on Microsoft
website, but as always, can find no real help.
When I open a spreadsheet from my desktop, Excel puts a 1 after the file
name, and will only let me save it as a New File.

Is there a way to display the User who printed the document in the Footer?
Thanks
Ruan

This is probably a basic question, but here it is anyway.
The 1st cell I want start time, 2nd cell finish time, 3rd cell will be the
difference in the first to cells in #hours # minutes, or even decimal hours.

For some reason when I invoke the macro recorder (Tools/Macro/Record a New
Macro) I do not get the accompanying tool bar with the "Stop recording"
button or the the "Relative" cell reference button.  Is there some setting
in Options that needs to be set or do I need to re-install ...

Frank,
Sorry I had to put this under a new post. Did something wrong on the
original thread... and could only get an "unable to retrieve message"
error?

I am relatively new to microsoft program interaction so if someone ca
help........please????
I have created an excel spreadsheet of memberships my organisation ha
inc costs and renewal dates.   I would like the renewal dates uploade

I have a column which I've converted from the default format to numeric.
 Upon doing so, most of the cells in that column display their contents
as left-aligned, while the rest display their contents as right-aligned.
 While this may not seem significant, when I try to import ...