Hiding cells during printing

[lmc_budd]

I need to hide specific cells in an Excel 2000 spreadsheet so that they do not appear on the printed output, but leave them otherwise unaffected on screen. How can this be achieved?

[Iain Lewis]

Try this code in the ThisWorkbook Module. It doesn't actuall "hide" the cell, but it makes the contents invisible.

Private Sub Workbook_BeforePrint(Cancel As Boolean)
Range("asdf").Select
Selection.NumberFormat = ";;;"
Application.OnTime Now + TimeValue _("00:00:05"), "ThisWorkbook.AfterPrint"
End Sub

Private Sub AfterPrint()
Range("asdf").Select
Dim cel1 As Range
For Each cel1 In Selection
If Selection.NumberFormat = ";;;" Then
Selection.NumberFormat = "General"
End If
Next cel1
End Sub

You will need to do a couple of things to get it to work :
Apply a defined name of "asdf" ( can change to what ever you like) to the cells you want hidden before printing.
Change the TimeValue to suite - this waits 5 seconds before setting the format back. Should be enough time to print.
The secind code returns the cell format to General, so if you have different formats in different "hidden" cells you will need to apply defined names to each format.

HTH

Iain