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watch window

ResolvedVersion 2003

Sue has attended:
Excel Intermediate course

Watch Window

How do I create a watch window

RE: Watch Window

Hi Sue, Thank you for your post, in answer to your question. You can use Excel worksheets to track what happens to a certain cell when changes are made to other cells. Pre-Excel 2002, if the cell you were monitoring moved off the screen when you made a change to another cell, you would have to scroll back and forth between the cells to see the results. With Excel 2002/03, you can add a Watch Window, which keeps the value of the monitored cell on the screen - no matter where the change is made.

Follow these steps to add the Watch Window toolbar:

Go to View | Toolbars | Watch Window.
Click Add Watch in the Watch Window toolbar.
Enter the cell you want to track and click the Add button.
Repeat steps two and three for each cell you want to monitor.
As changes are made to the spreadsheet, the Watch Window toolbar will display the current value of the cells you are tracking.
Alternatively right-click the cell and choose Add Watch from the menu.

Hopefully that has helped, if so please click resolved. regards Pete.


Excel tip:

Changing Excel file and worksheet defaults

The appearance of any new Excel files or any new worksheets that are inserted into a file are controlled by two template files, Book.xlt and Sheet.xlt.

By opening, modifying and saving these templates you can change the default settings for all new files and/or all newly inserted sheets.

Use Book.xlt to make change to defaults for new workbooks; and Sheet.xlt to change defaults for sheets.

If you can't find either of these files on your computer, you can create and save them yourself.

You can do this simply by creating a new workbook with the setting you want to use as your defaults; then saving them with the appropriate name in the XLStart folder. If you are using Office 2003, this is usually found in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office11\XLStart.

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