Forced formatting of input data

[Mike Welch]

I have a sheet that routinely has data pasted into it. Sometimes the data that is pasted in has a 13.5 pt. MS Sans Serif font. I want everything on the sheet to look uniform so I would like any text placed in the sheet to instantly convert to a 12 pt. Comic Sans font. I would think the easiest way is some code which looks for change within the sheet's cells and then issues an appropriate format command if change (data pasted in) is found. How can I code that (or is there a better solution)? [ Win XP Pro v.2002 SP3 / Excel 2003 SP3 ]

Thanks!

 

[Joe4]

You can use Event Procedure VBA code, which is automatically triggered upon some event happening. Here, we can use the CHANGE event.

Simply right click on the tab name of sheet you want to apply this to, select View Code, and paste the following VBA code in the resulting window:

Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
    With Target.Font
        .Name = "Comic Sans MS"
        .Size = 12
    End With
End Sub

This should work data either manually entered or pasted onto this sheet.

To read up more on Event Prcoedures, have a look here:
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/Events.aspx

 

[Mike Welch]

Joe - worked perfectly, just the way I wanted - thanks!!!
Mike