How to pull cells from other worksheets including color/comments?

[wendy]

Is there a way to pull ( not copy and paste) a cell from another worksheet
along with the cell comment and color? I am using an equation (i.e. =E25) in
order to pull the cell from one worksheet to the other, but it only takes the
value and not the color/comment. Thanks!

[Dave Peterson]

You could use a macro to the copy and pasting--but formulas can pretty much only
return values to the cell that holds them. Actually, they can return the
comment--but they can't change other formatting.

If you want to use a user defined function to get the value and the comment --
but not the formatting, you could use:

Option Explicit
Function GetValueAndComment(FCell As Range) As Variant

Application.Volatile

Dim TCell As Range

Set TCell = Application.Caller

If TCell.Comment Is Nothing Then
'do nothing
Else
TCell.Comment.Delete
End If

If FCell.Comment Is Nothing Then
'do nothing
Else
TCell.AddComment Text:=FCell.Comment.Text
End If

If FCell.Value = "" Then
GetValueAndComment = ""
Else
GetValueAndComment = FCell.Value
End If

End Function

You'd use it like this:
=GetValueAndComment(A1)

The value in A1 would appear in the cell and the comment would get copied, too.

The application.volatile is there to update the comments if you change them.
(Changing the comment won't make the function run, but it'll catch up with the
next recalculation.)

If you're new to macros, you may want to read David McRitchie's intro at:
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/getstarted.htm

Short course:

Open your workbook.
Hit alt-f11 to get to the VBE (where macros/UDF's live)
hit ctrl-R to view the project explorer
Find your workbook.
should look like: VBAProject (yourfilename.xls)

right click on the project name
Insert, then Module
You should see the code window pop up on the right hand side

Paste the code in there.

Now go back to excel.
Into a test cell and type:
=GetValueAndComment(A1)

wendy wrote:
>
> Is there a way to pull ( not copy and paste) a cell from another worksheet
> along with the cell comment and color? I am using an equation (i.e. =E25) in
> order to pull the cell from one worksheet to the other, but it only takes the
> value and not the color/comment. Thanks!

--

Dave Peterson