How can I see column headings of hidden columns in Excel before u.

[Beachcomber]

I have a large spreadsheet with several columns hidden. I want to unhide a
specific column that I know has a column name of Project Owner. How can I
determine which column to unhide to see the desired column without unhiding
all of the columns? I tried the find feature, but that did not help.

 

[Don Guillett]

assuming you have your name in row 1 of the column, you could use MATCH or
in vba you could use FIND
Sub findcol()
Columns(Rows(1).Find("yournamehere").Column).Hidden = False
End Sub

 

[Beachcomber]

Your answer looks like it will work, but I have to admit I don't know what to
enter to use the MATCH function. I placed my cursor in a blank cell and
typed =MATCH (Project Owner). I received an error message of #Name?

Thanks for your reply.

 

[Don Guillett]

Have a look in HELP index for MATCH.

 

[Beachcomber]

Already tried that!

Have a look in HELP index for MATCH.

 

[Don Guillett]

try again

 

[Don Guillett]

http://tinyurl.com/6b4h8

 

[Dave Peterson]

Maybe you could use a helper worksheet.

=sheet1!a1
and drag across
or
=if(sheet1!a1="","",sheet1!a1)
if you don't want to see 0's when the cell is empty.

If you kind of know what column it should be in, you can still select the cell
by:

Edit|goto, then typing the address (D1) and hitting enter. You'll be able to
see the value/formula in the cell in the formula bar. (You could also just type
the address directly into the namebox--to the left of the formula bar and hit
enter.)

(But Unhiding, looking, and ctrl-z (or edit|undo) isn't really too bad, either.)

 

[Dave Peterson]

One more...

Select the header row(s).
Edit|find (your string like Project)

notice the address in the formula bar.

 

[Beachcomber]

The helper worksheet was the answer for me. Thanks so much.

 

[Beachcomber]

Thanks for the link. It will be helpful.

http://tinyurl.com/6b4h8