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patternfill addin Excel 2007
I have used the Patternfill addin from Andy Pope successfully on my homePC
with only one user (btw thanks Andy !). When I installed this addin on a multiuser PC, the addin is installed but doesn't work ! It's installed in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\Library. why is that ? |
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patternfill addin Excel 2007
Hi,
Can you elaborate on 'doesn't work'. If you mean the addin displays but does not appear to apply the selected pattern then check the website for the latest version. Cheers Andy -- Andy Pope, Microsoft MVP - Excel http://www.andypope.info "Roland" wrote in message ... I have used the Patternfill addin from Andy Pope successfully on my homePC with only one user (btw thanks Andy !). When I installed this addin on a multiuser PC, the addin is installed but doesn't work ! It's installed in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\Library. why is that ? |
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patternfill addin Excel 2007
thanx Andy, this helps
I probably had an older version in use roland "Andy Pope" wrote: Hi, Can you elaborate on 'doesn't work'. If you mean the addin displays but does not appear to apply the selected pattern then check the website for the latest version. Cheers Andy -- Andy Pope, Microsoft MVP - Excel http://www.andypope.info "Roland" wrote in message ... I have used the Patternfill addin from Andy Pope successfully on my homePC with only one user (btw thanks Andy !). When I installed this addin on a multiuser PC, the addin is installed but doesn't work ! It's installed in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\Library. why is that ? |
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patternfill addin Excel 2007
Hello and BLESS YOU Andy for doing this !!! It would be helpful to explain
on your site how to implement the new version... seems like it should be easy but it will trip up a lot of people. I had the same problem that patternfill addin stopped working. I knew to google this topic and found this discussion thread but had a little difficulty understanding what you meant by "check the website for the latest version." It had been a while since I was on your site (http://www.andypope.info/charts/patternfills.htm) and didn't find a clickable download button... and it's not clear that there is a new version on that site that we should look for. Eventually I did, downloaded it, and unzipped it, but still it didn't work. I unselected the addin in Excel, double clicked the PatternFills.xlam again... nothing. Finally I located the addin in the \Application Data\Microsoft\AddIns\ folder. I manually deleted the old version. I then drag & dropped the new (unzipped) version into that folder. Then I ran Excel, enabled the addin, and finally it worked. Lots of people won't be able to get that far without clearer instructions... and they might not find this post, but if its on your site, they will... Anyway, THANKS AGAIN... (how about coming up for a solution to the lost ability in Office 2007 to breaking up a chart into separate objects as in Office 2003 and before?) "Roland" wrote: thanx Andy, this helps I probably had an older version in use roland "Andy Pope" wrote: Hi, Can you elaborate on 'doesn't work'. If you mean the addin displays but does not appear to apply the selected pattern then check the website for the latest version. Cheers Andy |
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patternfill addin Excel 2007
Hi,
Thanks for the comments. I will add some notes on how to replace previous versions. As you discovered the simplest thing to do is with Excel closed simply save the new file over the previous version. I thought the Download icon was clear enough, but maybe I should consider a more explicit download button. I will add a date to the Revision part. Can you explain how you do "breaking up a chart into separate objects". I doubt it's possible to code it but I'm not even sure how you did this in xl2003. Cheers Andy lapabc wrote: Hello and BLESS YOU Andy for doing this !!! It would be helpful to explain on your site how to implement the new version... seems like it should be easy but it will trip up a lot of people. I had the same problem that patternfill addin stopped working. I knew to google this topic and found this discussion thread but had a little difficulty understanding what you meant by "check the website for the latest version." It had been a while since I was on your site (http://www.andypope.info/charts/patternfills.htm) and didn't find a clickable download button... and it's not clear that there is a new version on that site that we should look for. Eventually I did, downloaded it, and unzipped it, but still it didn't work. I unselected the addin in Excel, double clicked the PatternFills.xlam again... nothing. Finally I located the addin in the \Application Data\Microsoft\AddIns\ folder. I manually deleted the old version. I then drag & dropped the new (unzipped) version into that folder. Then I ran Excel, enabled the addin, and finally it worked. Lots of people won't be able to get that far without clearer instructions... and they might not find this post, but if its on your site, they will... Anyway, THANKS AGAIN... (how about coming up for a solution to the lost ability in Office 2007 to breaking up a chart into separate objects as in Office 2003 and before?) "Roland" wrote: thanx Andy, this helps I probably had an older version in use roland "Andy Pope" wrote: Hi, Can you elaborate on 'doesn't work'. If you mean the addin displays but does not appear to apply the selected pattern then check the website for the latest version. Cheers Andy -- Andy Pope, Microsoft MVP - Excel http://www.andypope.info |
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