Worksheet Properties via a Menu

Worksheet Properties via a Menu

Hidden away, well actually it’s just found on the Developer Tab, in Excel 2007 and 2010 is a Properties Button.

The properties Button is generally used for configuring Active X controls, where all the parameters of the control can be set.

One other useful feature of the Properties Button is that it directly accesses several features of a Worksheets properties.

Most of these properties are usually only accessed via VBA code.

Where’s the Developers Tab

The developers Tab is enabled by going to the Excel Options menu (next to the Exit Excel button),

On the Popular Tab, select Enable Developer Tab on the Ribbon

Use

To use these functions select a cell on a worksheet and press the Properties Button.

A Properties window will be shown, showing the following properties:

Display Page Breaks

Displays Page Breaks if set to True;

Default is False, Don’t display page breaks

Display Right to Left

Enable Right to Left Page Layout if set to True. This will put Column A on the Right Hand side of the screen and Columns B… will then be to the left of Column A.

Default is False

Enable Autofilter

Enables or Disables the AutoFilter arrows on a protected worksheet

Default is False (Arrows are disabled)

Enable Calculation

Totally disables calculation of the current sheet

Using F9 does not force calculation.

Default is False, Calculation is enabled

Enable Format Conditions Calculation

When set to True (default), evaluation of conditional formats will will occur automatically as needed.

When set to False, conditional formats will not be re-evaluated. Any previously applied conditional formatting will still be visible, but it will not update as cell values are changed.

The purpose of this flag is to allow VBA programmers to configure a rule completely before evaluating it. This is particularly useful when condition is applied over a large range as performance can be slow in these cases.

Enable Outlining

Enables outlining symbols on a protected worksheet

Default is False, Outline symbols disabled

Enable PivotTable

This enables PivotTable controls on a protected worksheet

Default is False, PivotTable controls are disabled

Enable Selection

Show and Enable the selection status of cells

Value Status

0              No Restrictions

1              Locked Cells

-4142     No Selection

These are only relevant when the Page is Locked

Name

Shows and allows you to rename the current Worksheet

Default is the current Worksheets Name

Scroll Area

Allows the definition of a Scroll Area where the user cannot move out of

Eg: Enter D10:M40 to restrict user interaction to this area

Default is Blank – Scroll area not set

Standard Width

Shows and allows you to set the default column Width in Standard Character Widths

Default is 8.43

This value represents the number of characters that can be displayed in a cell that is formatted with the standard font (standard font: The default text font for worksheets. The standard font determines the default font for the Normal cell style.).

Visible

Show or set the current sheets visibility status

Value Status

-1            Visible

0              Hidden

2              Very Hidden

Obviously once a sheet is Hidden or Very hidden it isn’t available to select to enable the properties menu and so this can only be used to hide but not unhide Worksheets.

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