Microsoft KB Archive/141564

= How to Create a Macro That Counts Text Notes (Cell Notes) =

Article ID: 141564

Article Last Modified on 10/11/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 5.0c
 * Microsoft Excel 5.0 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Excel 5.0a for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Excel 95a
 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 5.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Excel 98 for Macintosh

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SUMMARY
In 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.



MORE INFORMATION
Microsoft provides programming examples for illustration only, without warranty either expressed or implied. This includes, but is not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. This article assumes that you are familiar with the programming language that is being demonstrated and with the tools that are used to create and to debug procedures. Microsoft support engineers can help explain the functionality of a particular procedure, but they will not modify these examples to provide added functionality or construct procedures to meet your specific requirements.

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 Sub NOTE: 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:

158246 XL97: How to Determine if the Active Cell Contains a Comment

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