FLICKERING...(fore ground font color with flickering)..

[Eddy Stan]

Just a curiocity...

We set fonts bold, underlining, italic and color blue, red, etc., and show
negative figures as red in brackets.

But can we flicker them (glow dark & light), just like we do in foxpro,
basic programs.

So that the reports we prepare can be shown flicking to draw attention.

[Chip Pearson]

Most users would find blinking or flickering text annoying. Excel
has no built-in way to do this. However, it can be done with VBA
code. See http://www.cpearson.com/excel/BlinkingText.htm for some
code that you can probably adapt to your needs.


--
Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com


"Eddy Stan" <EddyStan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:27B1093B-DADE-4360-A82A-7495E720CBA5@microsoft.com...
> Just a curiocity...
>
> We set fonts bold, underlining, italic and color blue, red,
> etc., and show
> negative figures as red in brackets.
>
> But can we flicker them (glow dark & light), just like we do in
> foxpro,
> basic programs.
>
> So that the reports we prepare can be shown flicking to draw
> attention.
>

[L. Howard Kittle]

Hi Eddy,

Just to add to Chip's remarks.

In response to a similar post an MVP cited a Federal statute saying that
blinking cells were against the law, which I took was his way saying not to
do it because it was annoying.

But I did a google search and sure enough, in certain cases it is prohibited
due to the danger of causing seizures in certain people.

Regards,
Howard

"Eddy Stan" <EddyStan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:27B1093B-DADE-4360-A82A-7495E720CBA5@microsoft.com...
> Just a curiocity...
>
> We set fonts bold, underlining, italic and color blue, red, etc., and show
> negative figures as red in brackets.
>
> But can we flicker them (glow dark & light), just like we do in foxpro,
> basic programs.
>
> So that the reports we prepare can be shown flicking to draw attention.
>

[Chip Pearson]

I have a remark to that effect on my web page.


--
Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com


"L. Howard Kittle" <lhkittle@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:IKCdnbCEi8U9T4DZnZ2dnUVZ_uqdnZ2d@comcast.com...
> Hi Eddy,
>
> Just to add to Chip's remarks.
>
> In response to a similar post an MVP cited a Federal statute
> saying that blinking cells were against the law, which I took
> was his way saying not to do it because it was annoying.
>
> But I did a google search and sure enough, in certain cases it
> is prohibited due to the danger of causing seizures in certain
> people.
>
> Regards,
> Howard
>
> "Eddy Stan" <EddyStan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message
> news:27B1093B-DADE-4360-A82A-7495E720CBA5@microsoft.com...
>> Just a curiocity...
>>
>> We set fonts bold, underlining, italic and color blue, red,
>> etc., and show
>> negative figures as red in brackets.
>>
>> But can we flicker them (glow dark & light), just like we do
>> in foxpro,
>> basic programs.
>>
>> So that the reports we prepare can be shown flicking to draw
>> attention.
>>
>
>

[Eddy Stan]

Wow to VB, thanks Chip & thanks Howard
But I will not put this code in my worksheet.
I respect law & MVPs, so I will say "it is not available in excel !!".
Already I am changing the color by conditional formatting to show good
results in light green and negative results in dark yellow, hope that would
be enough.


"Chip Pearson" wrote:

> I have a remark to that effect on my web page.
>
>
> --
> Cordially,
> Chip Pearson
> Microsoft MVP - Excel
> Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
> www.cpearson.com
>
>
> "L. Howard Kittle" <lhkittle@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:IKCdnbCEi8U9T4DZnZ2dnUVZ_uqdnZ2d@comcast.com...
> > Hi Eddy,
> >
> > Just to add to Chip's remarks.
> >
> > In response to a similar post an MVP cited a Federal statute
> > saying that blinking cells were against the law, which I took
> > was his way saying not to do it because it was annoying.
> >
> > But I did a google search and sure enough, in certain cases it
> > is prohibited due to the danger of causing seizures in certain
> > people.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Howard
> >
> > "Eddy Stan" <EddyStan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> > message
> > news:27B1093B-DADE-4360-A82A-7495E720CBA5@microsoft.com...
> >> Just a curiocity...
> >>
> >> We set fonts bold, underlining, italic and color blue, red,
> >> etc., and show
> >> negative figures as red in brackets.
> >>
> >> But can we flicker them (glow dark & light), just like we do
> >> in foxpro,
> >> basic programs.
> >>
> >> So that the reports we prepare can be shown flicking to draw
> >> attention.
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
>

[Patricia Shannon]

I used to have petit mal epilepsy. I outgrew it, fortunately, but for years
after I no longer had seizures, flickering lights, eg., driving on a street
with trees alongside, would make me feel very peculiar, like my brain was
going to short circuit. So thank you for avoiding flickering cells!

"Eddy Stan" wrote:

> Wow to VB, thanks Chip & thanks Howard
> But I will not put this code in my worksheet.
> I respect law & MVPs, so I will say "it is not available in excel !!".
> Already I am changing the color by conditional formatting to show good
> results in light green and negative results in dark yellow, hope that would
> be enough.
>
>
> "Chip Pearson" wrote:
>
> > I have a remark to that effect on my web page.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Cordially,
> > Chip Pearson
> > Microsoft MVP - Excel
> > Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
> > www.cpearson.com
> >
> >
> > "L. Howard Kittle" <lhkittle@comcast.net> wrote in message
> > news:IKCdnbCEi8U9T4DZnZ2dnUVZ_uqdnZ2d@comcast.com...
> > > Hi Eddy,
> > >
> > > Just to add to Chip's remarks.
> > >
> > > In response to a similar post an MVP cited a Federal statute
> > > saying that blinking cells were against the law, which I took
> > > was his way saying not to do it because it was annoying.
> > >
> > > But I did a google search and sure enough, in certain cases it
> > > is prohibited due to the danger of causing seizures in certain
> > > people.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Howard
> > >
> > > "Eddy Stan" <EddyStan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> > > message
> > > news:27B1093B-DADE-4360-A82A-7495E720CBA5@microsoft.com...
> > >> Just a curiocity...
> > >>
> > >> We set fonts bold, underlining, italic and color blue, red,
> > >> etc., and show
> > >> negative figures as red in brackets.
> > >>
> > >> But can we flicker them (glow dark & light), just like we do
> > >> in foxpro,
> > >> basic programs.
> > >>
> > >> So that the reports we prepare can be shown flicking to draw
> > >> attention.
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >