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Autoexpand Excel Tables on Protected Sheets

Autoexpand Excel Tables on Protected Sheets

Scenario:

An important feature of Excel Defined Tables, the autoexpanding functionality, is lost when the worksheet is protected. On a protected worksheet, when you type anything under the last row, the table will not automatically expand to include the new row, as you might expect. The decision to protect the sheet is not easy when you need both protection and autoexpansion capabilities for an Excel Table.

Most likely, Microsoft engineers are well aware of this limitation, but until they come up with a solution to this problem, you can try my solution. The solution involves a little Visual Basic programming, but fortunately for you, I have taken care of the programming part.

Using the Worksheet_SelectionChange event,

we can detect what cell is selected by a user, and then we can decide if we need to unprotect (or not) the worksheet. Read More

Hide Excel Sheets if Macros are not Enabled

Scenario:

If your workbook contains macros designed to assist you or your users in typing data, or you have UDF’s – User Defined Functions for specific calculations, then if the users do not enable macros after opening the file, your codes are useless…

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Excel User Form Assistant

Force users to type in Text Boxes only what you expect…

Excel User Forms are a great way to collect data in a specific structure. Unfortunately, there is a major limitation that you have to take into consideration when choosing between a worksheet form or a User Form:  if utilizing a User Form for data entry, there is no built-in data validation for Text Boxes, or Combo Boxes… (you can only limit the number of characters, which might not be what you want)

The solution is quite simple:

To see how the solution works, download the test workbook: Real Time user form assistant.xlsm

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Use Excel to populate PDF Form Fields

Did you ever need to fill out multiple PDF forms faster and without mistakes?  I’m sure that, if you’ve done this manually, on regular basis, you agree that it is tedious and time consuming.

Update:

If you have Adobe Acrobat Pro installed OR a trial version (even if it expires and you don’t want to purchase a license), then you can use an Excel App to Fill Out PDF Forms automatically, directly from Excel. Read the article and download the tool from here: excel-app-to-fill-out-pdf-forms

If you prefer the manual method, then continue reading this page for an alternative method.

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