Excel comment boxes are a very useful feature, but the comment box look hasn’t changed since slice bread. So Tom, one of our readers, took it upon himself to revamp the comment box. He wrote a simple macro to botox, smoothen and color the comment box. It is a fun and simple macro, something that can make a boring spreadsheet friday a little more exciting.
Here is the code:
Sub Comments_Tom()
Dim MyComments As Comment
Dim LArea As Long
For Each MyComments In ActiveSheet.Comments
With MyComments
.Shape.AutoShapeType = msoShapeRoundedRectangle
.Shape.TextFrame.Characters.Font.Name = "Tahoma"
.Shape.TextFrame.Characters.Font.Size = 8
.Shape.TextFrame.Characters.Font.ColorIndex = 2
.Shape.Line.ForeColor.RGB = RGB(0, 0, 0)
.Shape.Line.BackColor.RGB = RGB(255, 255, 255)
.Shape.Fill.Visible = msoTrue
.Shape.Fill.ForeColor.RGB = RGB(58, 82, 184)
.Shape.Fill.OneColorGradient msoGradientDiagonalUp, 1, 0.23
End With
Next 'comment
End SubGive it a try, I am sure you can afford some lipstick and a new pair of shoes for the comment boxes.
Related material on comment boxes:
- Use Data Validation Messages instead of Comment Boxes
- Programming the comment boxes using VBA
- Extract Comment Box Text using Formulas
- Change the shape of cell comments
Special thanks to Tom for sharing the macro with me. Say thanks to him if you loved it as well.
13 Responses to “Convert fractional Excel time to hours & minutes [Quick tip]”
Hi Purna..
Again a great tip.. Its a great way to convert Fractional Time..
By the way.. Excel has two great and rarely used formula..
=DOLLARFR(7.8,60) and =DOLLARDE(7.48,60)
basically US Account person uses those to convert some currency denomination.. and we can use it to convert Year(i.e 3.11 Year = 3 year 11 month) and Week(6.5 week = 6 week 5 days), in the same manner...
This doesn't work for me. When applying the custom format of [h]:mm to 7.8 I get 187:12
Any ideas why?
@Jason
7.8 in Excel talk means 7.8 days
=7.8*24
=187.2 Hrs
=187 Hrs 12 Mins
If you follow Chandoo's instructions you will see that he divides the 7.8 by 24 to get it to a fraction of a day
Simple, assuming the fractional time is in cell A1,
Use below steps to convert it to hours & minutes:
1. In the target cell, write =A1/24
2. Select the target cell and press CTRL+1 to format it (you can also right click and select format cells)
3. Select Custom from “Number” tab and enter the code [h]:mm
4. Done!
Hi, sorry to point this out but Column C Header is misspelt 'Hours Palyed'
good one
So how do I go the other way and get hours and minutes to fractional time?
If you have 7.5 in cell A1,
- Use int(A1) to get the hours.
- Use mod(A1,1)*60 to get minutes.
If you have 7:30 (formatted as time) in A1
- Use hours(a1) to get hours
- Use minutes(a1) to get minutes.
I had the same issue. You can solve it by changing the format as described above:
Right click cell > Format Cells > (In Number tab) > Custom > Then enter the code [h]:mm
([hh]:mm and [hhh]:mm are nice too if you want to show leading zeros)
Thanks guys, these are the tips I'm looking for.
...dividing the number of minutes elapsed by the percent change is my task - "int" is the key this time
It doesnt work for greater than 24 hours
It returns 1:30 for 25.5 hours. It should have returned 25:30
Ideally I would right function as
=QUOTIENT(A1,1)&":"&MOD(A1,1)*60
Sorry, replied to wrong comment....
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I had the same issue. You can solve it by changing the format as described above:
Right click cell > Format Cells > (In Number tab) > Custom > Then enter the code [h]:mm
([hh]:mm and [hhh]:mm are nice too if you want to show leading zeros)
Clever use of MOD here to extract the decimal part of a number. Divide a number containing a decimal by 1 and return the remainder. Humm. Very clever.
Thanks very much, extremely useful !