I am tring to make a table which is like a chart in that it can be sized and moved by using the mouse.
is this possible in excel? attached is my table which is basic but not what I am needing
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a movable table (excel)
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AskWoody LoungerOctober 11, 2005 at 8:16 pm #978364You can use the camera tool to “take a picture” of your table and place it as a movable, resizable object on a sheet.
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AskWoody LoungerOctober 11, 2005 at 11:36 pm #978410Can I jump in here with an extension to this question – not a hijack (at least I hope not)
I saw an Excel worksheet that had a graph and alongside it there were radio buttons marked Qtr1, Qtr2 etc., When the user clicked on a button, the graph changed to show the data for the selected quarter. This was done without macros and I’ve tried to recreate it with no real success. I’m almost positive it used the camera tool and that the graphs for all 4 quarters existed elsewhere on the sheet.
Hope this makes sense.
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AskWoody LoungerOctober 12, 2005 at 12:26 am #978429Here is a way using the camera tool. This has advantages if your charts are not formatted the same or of different types.
The earlier is if you only need 1 chart and you just want to change the data that is charted. I prefer the first method (without the camera) since it eliminates the need to create every chart, you literally only have 1 chart that just plots many different ways. This way forces you to create all the charts and then name the areas behind them.
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AskWoody LoungerOctober 11, 2005 at 8:29 pm #978370Seaner
Even if the Camera tool is not on a toolbar, you can get exactly the same effect by following these steps:
1) Select the range
2) Choose Edit – Copy
3) Press the Shift key and choose Edit – Paste Picture Link (this command is available only when the Shift key is pressed).The result is a linked picture of the original range. You can move this picture anywhere you like and you can resize it
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