Highlight cells for data entry

denglish

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Hi there. I have a worksheet that is multiple pages and many rows and columns. There needs to be data entry done in certian cells each day and the worksheet does all the calculations. Is there a way to highlight these cells so they can be easily found each time, but the highlight not printed. I do have other colors that I need to print on the worksheet so printing in black and white only won't work. Thank you
 

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I use a combination of Worksheet Protection (to somewhat control Tab Order) and Conditional Formatting.

Select the cells that require data entry and goto Format-->Cells-->Protection-->Uncheck Locked. Then goto Format-->Conditional Formatting-->Cell Value is-->Equal to-->=""-->Set a Pattern Color. When the sheet is protected, the tab order will be for those cells that you unlocked only; when data entry is made, they'll lose the color format.

If it's a different range of cells each day, then I suppose you'd be able to use some VBA to apply/unapply the formatting.

Hope that helps,

Smitty
 
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