Hi, Try using link worksheets and see how it works. Select your desired cells to copy, go to the worksheet where you want to copy, activate Edit menu and press S, then L to paste link.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Annette Carr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 12:58 AM Subject: [JAWS-Users] Excel pasteing all cell features > I am trying to copy and paste information from one work sheet to another. > However, when I do this, the cell formatting is not being pasted along with > the cell contents. I am using the paste special option, and selecting > "All". Any idea what I am doing wrong? > > Annette > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Darrin Porter > Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 8:50 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Finding out column width in excel > > Annette, > > I am an engineer and use Excel daily (office 2003 /JFW 8). Excel measures > everything in points (printer's points). In JFW 8, pressing insert-f twice > quickly will describe the atributes of the active cell to you in a dialogue > box. One of the pieces of information provided is the height and width of > the cell in points, e.g., "cell dimentions are 54 points wide by 12 points > heigh." The number of characters you can fit in 54 points depends on the > font you have selected. > > All cells in a column must be the same width. That's why there is no way to > individually adjust the width of a cell. > > It is a quirk of Excel that you can enter a column width in number of > characters instead of points I guess this makes it easier for some people. > But, for the purposes of laying out a page, the only way you will be able to > know if everything fits widthwise is to add up the active column widths in > points. For a typical portrait layout with 3/4-in. margins, you have a > total width of 432 points to work with. For a landscape layout with the > same margins, you have a total of 684 points to work with. > > Hope this clears things up for you. > > One final note, in earlier versions of JAWS, you only need to press insert-f > once to hear the cell's attributes. > > > > > Darrin Porter > Senior Technical Engineer > TECO Ocean Shipping > 1300 East 8th Avenue, Suite S-300 > Tampa, Florida 33605 > (813) 209-4247 > (813) 242-4849 (fax) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or > body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php > If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php > If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________________________________ The all-new Yahoo! Mail goes wherever you go - free your email address from your Internet provider. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/managers.php If you wish to join the Blind Computing list send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
