Proper Excel Etiquette

[AndyTampa]

Does anybody know what the proper etiquette is for placing the cursor in spreadsheets you are sharing?

I've got one supervisor who thinks I should put the cursor in A1 and another who thinks it's proper etiquette to put it below all your work to let people know you've finished that sheet.

I'm stumped and I can't find anything online about it.

If you have a source for the information, I'd appreciate that too so I can support my position when I find the right one.

 

[Smitty]

There are some things to be said for not seeing the cursor on a cell when you open a worksheet.

Like what? If it's that much of a problem, tell the boss to turn it off. She'll find it in Options, right next to the PEBKAC check box.

There are also some things (not so nice) to be said about not knowing where that darn cursor is until you move it and find you're in cell AG9832 when you were looking at something in cell B2.

Quick Tip: look at the Address Bar to the left of the Formula Bar (although I think I'd be finding the nearest bar of your choice). And as has been mentioned already, CTRL+Home will take you to A1 faster than Dorothy's little red slippers.

I've never heard of the Dilbert principle. What is that? (I do know who Dilbert is. He works in my company.)

See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dilbert_Principle

It essentially states that companies tend to put the people who can do the most damage in positions of leadership, where they can't fubar real data, but make observations like "Andy, I don't like the cursor there, and I never want to see it there again, change it...And I will remember this on your next review..."

 

[SuperFerret]

It essentially states that companies tend to put the people who can do the most damage in positions of leadership, where they can't fubar real data, but make observations like "Andy, I don't like the cursor there, and I never want to see it there again, change it...And I will remember this on your next review..."

The Dilbert Principle is in full effect in my workplace then...sounds just like my Supervisor

 

[Domski]

She sounds like a right numpty to me, perfect managerial material.

Dom

 

[Peter_SSs]

Putting th cursor below the work but scrolling the sheet to A1 seems dumb to me too. If the user happens to press an arrow key or Tab or Enter, the sheet will suddenly jump to below the data and the user won't know what has happened.

Given your problems ..

I've got one supervisor who thinks I should put the cursor in A1 and another who thinks it's proper etiquette to put it below all your work to let people know you've finished that sheet.

Unfortunately, I answer to them both and all 4 workbooks go to them both. They each trained me on two of them so they're both seeing what they didn't tell me to do.

.. I have a suggestion. Put some Workbook_Open code in the workbooks that determine who the user is and place the cursor, scrolling etc based on that. They should both be happy!

Alternatively diablo, with shg's comment in mind, some Workbook_Open code that pops up a message box:

If you are worried about where the cursor is, you have too much time on your hands!"