mistergrumpy
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| posted on 13/4/18 at 04:11 PM |
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Excel Spreadsheet Stuff
Can anyone advise me if the following is possible and maybe how to do it?
I have some work stuff on a spreadsheet but I'd like to add some things to make it more user friendly and which would enable me to share it. One
of the things I'd like to add is a weights conversion system based on grams, ounces and kilo's. I'd ideally like to enter the
quantity next to one of the weights titles and then have the conversion automatically populate the others. I've figured it so that I can put in
a quantity of grams and the ounces and kilo's automatically populate but, as I say, I'd like to input in ounces or kilo's sometimes
and have that figure populate the others.
Any help?
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starterman
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| posted on 13/4/18 at 06:33 PM |
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Use a simple look up table. If you want to email a sample of your spreadsheet I'll add one in for you.
Cheers
Mike
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mistergrumpy
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| posted on 13/4/18 at 07:59 PM |
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Thanks for the offer. The contents are a bit sensitive though because it's work stuff. A look up table though? I'll look it up and see if
I can figure it out. Thanks
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daKlone
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| posted on 13/4/18 at 10:41 PM |
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I don't think there is a way to do exactly what you want.
In order for the cells with the result in them to work, they'll need a formula in them. That formula would be lost if you typed something into
the cell directly, so it wouldn't work.
You could have three cells, into any one of which you could enter data and three separate cells that contained the results in all three units.
Take a look at the =CONVERT function, which
will take care of whatever conversion you want to do.
Hope that helps.
dK
Winter is coming...
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mcerd1
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| posted on 14/4/18 at 06:40 AM |
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You could do it with simple formulae and a some hidden cells/columns
You might have an input cell for the value and one to select the units, then let a load of them IF functions in the hidden cells do the logic bit
It's not the pretty way, but if you lock down the hidden bits it should be quite robust
(I use ones like this at work all the time, the fancy ones always seem to get broken, natural stupidity vs artificial intelligence I guess  )
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mistergrumpy
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| posted on 14/4/18 at 08:41 AM |
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I settled on something like Daklonee said. It was becoming too difficult and giving me headache. Thanks for the suggestions.
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