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- C E L L * N O T E
- by Randy Brix
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- INTRODUCTION
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- Many of my worksheets have some "catch all" columns. Whenever an
- entry is made to these a note must be manually placed somewhere
- else on the worksheet. This being rather annoying prompted me to
- design a macro that would do it for me. CELL*NOTE is a macro
- which allows the user to "attach" a note to any cell on the
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- REQUIREMENTS
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- HARDWARE: An IBM PC/XT or compatable with enough memory to run
- LOTUS 1-2-3.
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- SOFTWARE: This macro has only been tested with Lotus 1-2-3
- release 1A.
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- GETTING STARTED
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- To get CELL*NOTE onto a worksheet do the following:
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- - Load the worksheet which you would like CELL*NOTE on.
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- - Place the cursor to the cell where you want the top left corner
- of the macro to be.
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- - Combine "CELLNOTE" to your worksheet (if you're not sure how
- to do this see your LOTUS 1-2-3 manual).
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- - Move the cursor one cell to the right.
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- - The cursor is now on a small macro which will "install"
- CELL*NOTE. Type the following: /rnc\i [enter] [enter] (If
- you already have a macro called "\I", then assign it another
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- - Activate the "install" macro by holding down the alt key and
- the "I" key (or whichever letter you assigned to it).
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- MAKING NOTES
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- To invoke CELL*NOTE move the cursor to a cell to which you would
- like a note attached, then hold down the alt key and the "N" key.
- This will bring up a menu which will allow you to do the
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- CREATE - Create a new note.
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- VIEW - Look at an existing note.
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- EDIT - Change an existing note.
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- DELETE - Delete an existing note
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- RETURN - Returns the cursor to the cell from which CELL*NOTE was
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- PRECAUTIONS AND LIMITATIONS
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- - CELL*NOTE should not be used with a worksheet that will have
- columns or rows inserted or deleted. This macro is not capable
- of adjusting the notes as the cell locations change.
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- - Only one 256 character note is allowed per cell.
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- - If you call CELL*NOTE while in the "windows" mode this will be
- cancelled upon returning to the original cell.
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- - If your worksheet has the "titles" set, CELL*NOTE will remove
- them but not restore them. I suggest that you create another
- macro which will set the titles.
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- - CELL*NOTE stores the notes in a database and thus uses the
- Query function. This macro will not work properly if your work
- sheet use the command also.
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- RANGE NAMES
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- I am including a list of the range names that I use in CELL*NOTE.
- If your worksheet has some of these same names, I suggest
- that it would probably be easier to change the range name on your
- worksheet. If you can understand my macro please feel free to
- make the change there. The following is a list of range names:
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- CORNER END EXCELL EXMESS GARB ID
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- INP MENESC MESS NMENU TL \I \N
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- CLOSING COMMENTS
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- I must admit that this macro is limited to certain kinds of work-
- sheets. The worksheets that I use CELL*NOTE with are for the
- most part reports and do not require "windows" or the Query
- function. I encourage you to modify this macro to your own
- needs. If you find ways to get around the problems listed under
- PRECAUTIONS AND LIMITATIONS the more power to you.
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- LOTUS 1-2-3 is a product of Lotus Development Corp.
- IBM is a trademark of International Business Machines Corp.
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