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  1. P

    Laptops and large Excel files

    Hi, I have started a new job which is heavily excel driven, I have encountered a few laptop issues with speed but mainly excel files failing as it "does not have enough resources" to complete the actions - so I have to close down Excel, re-boot etc etc When I look at the spec of my laptop it is...
  2. bfreescott

    Docking Station affecting add-ins?

    Hi all I have a client that uses a network-installed add-in. Several others use the same network-installed add-in without issue, but everyone works from a desktop that never gets disconnected from the network. Could undocking a laptop from the network break the link to the add-in? I have not...
  3. N

    just bought really good laptop , but... didn't got that much of excel boosts

    just moved from old laptop to new laptop : old laptop: memory : 8 gb , win 10 , office 2019 pro, 1000 hard disk 5400 , 4702HQ intel . new laptop: 16 gb, win 10 pro, office 2019 pro, 524 SSD , 9750H intel. all I got out of this is merely 15% faster excel on the opening, I got large excel...
  4. M

    MSQuery Wizard

    I can't run a Query using the the Query Wizard in my profile on my laptop, which i was doing regularly before. It just opens Msquery in the background and just freezes. If i log in using a different profile on the same laptop it works perfectly Any ideas on how to resolve without re creating...
  5. P

    VBA vs. Screen Size?

    I have several macros that run just fine on my desktop monitor but don't run at all on my laptop screen. There is no error message, they just don't run. They have the same resolution (1920x1080) but the laptop is 15.6" and the desktop is 22". What causes this and is there any way around it...
  6. gmooney

    ChartSheet ComboBox Scaling Issues

    I have code that sets the zoom level to match the PC that it is being displayed on. This works great so that ChartSheets fill up the screen for large sized external monitors down to small laptop screens. The issue is that my combobox dropdowns resize and move whenever I move from external...
  7. 0

    SaveAs filename statement not working on mac laptops

    Hi Guys, Thanks for reading my query. I have written some procedures in VBA Excel on my win 10 laptop. But these procedures are intended to be used by some mac laptop users as well and they are facing error at this particular statement highlighted in red. But this works fine in windows...
  8. E

    Excel "not responding" when using laptop but works fine on desktop

    I frequently am working with workbooks with over 100k rows in Excel. I will filter for certain criteria and then delete the remaining visible rows which may be over 75k rows. When I use my desktop computer this take 3 or 4 seconds. When I use my laptop it can take 10-15 minutes of Excel...
  9. D

    Track equipment check-out with a barcode scanner

    Hello, I am a relatively inexperienced Excel user, but I need to create a workbook that will do something fairly advanced. I will be using Excel 2010 and Windows 7. Goal: I need to track the check-out and check-in of computer laptops by different users with a bar-code scanner. Each user has an...
  10. V

    Hardware for Optimizing Calculations

    Hello, I was hoping the community might be able to help me figure out what tech specs in a new computer could help me optimize the performance for an Excel file I use to produce a twice/weekly report/newsletter as a side business. The file is ~100 Mbs and growing. The file essentially has 3...
  11. P

    "Out of Memory" when I try to run a web query

    I have a brand new Acer Aspire E 15 Laptop (purchased August 3, 2018 ... 8th Gen Intel Core 13-8130U, 6GB RAM Memory, etc.). The only thing I use the computer for is to surf the Internet and work on a college football spreadsheet. Specifically I run web query(s) in Excel to bring box scores...
  12. X

    Ribbon - Qat Icons - Unwanted Change

    Shortly after returning from a trip last week, I copies a bunch of Excel files from my Laptop to my Desktop. Later when I started up Excel (using latest Win 10 & Office 365) on the desktop & immediately noticed all the icons had changed. Not just my custom QAT, but also in all the sections of...
  13. C

    Check if Connected to Network

    Hi All, Could someone help me with the below please. I've googled as much as I can but everything I try gives me error messages. I need my code to check if its connected to a certain network drive, if it is it will then save, it is isn't it will do something else I am testing it on an...
  14. F

    VBA , Problem with automatic formula

    Hi guys im currently on vacation and running my spreadsheet on a sub par laptop. On my workstation everything works great but after I started using it on win 7 32 bit on my laptop I have revived a bunch of errors when I run my sheet but I have fixed most of the problems but I get error with...
  15. P

    Web Query / Can't get to tables

    I'm trying to load some tables into an Excel workbook every morning. Here's one the URLs https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=y&type=1&season=2018&month=13&season1=2018&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0 I have Excel for Mac. My understanding is that I...
  16. L

    Excel Formula Needed

    Good day I'm looking for a formula that can help with replacement years. Say I buy a Laptop in 2020, and have a replacement criteria in cell C3 that is "3" years. Thus I will this I will replace it in 2023 2026 2029 2032..... The formula needs to pull the cost into each Colum for the specific...
  17. W

    Please help with what is the best laptop for using Excel?

    Hello, I would like to know what laptop to buy for using Excel. I would like to buy a laptop that is for work and most of what I would be doing is using Excel. This is roughly what I would be using it for: Getting external data from the web, 500 to 750 pages 5 days a week. Analyzing a list of...
  18. N

    Run-time error 48: Error in loading DLL

    Hello! I am a first-time poster, so if I've already broken a rule, please forgive me! On a scale of macro competency from 1-10 I think I'm a .3 I've just copied a personal workbook into Excel on my new laptop and am trying to run a macro that takes a information from a Word doc and compiles it...
  19. S

    Running one VBA on two computers

    Good day all you clever people out there I am running a VBA program on a laptop, where I import weights from a scale, calculate the prices for each item and print a ticket prior to pay-out. For security purposes, I changed the program to print only a number at this laptop. The client then go...
  20. J

    Reference a column in another workbook

    I am trying to reference a column in another workbook. I have two separate workbooks, MasterList and InStock, the MasterList never changes, but the InStock workbook can change depending on what I have in stock at the time. I want workbook (InStock) to fill in the serial number of its matching...

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