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Stop First Row Being Numbered in Excel
Based on my experience and everything I've ever read, there is no way to change excel's row/column labels via excel's menu or vba, which is what it appears you are asking.
You can hide or unhide the row/column labels, and while you might be able to use a formula to visually replicate row/column label(s), either the custom row or column label won't agree to the actual cell references in your existing formulas, which comes back to Peter's comment regarding it would work better in a structured named environment.
You could do this (replicating excel's column letters), for example, but your data table row 1 will actually be Excel's row 3 (still mismatched, but it wouldn't be as obvious).
Seriously, I don't see any available options that I think you will like based on what you've said thus far.
If your reference style is based on Table names and dynamic ranges then it is perfectly possible to hide the 'town plan' style of sheet coordinates and create more meaningful array indices linked to data objects rather than the sheet.
The problem is that in my 2023 version of excel (in the Office suite), I do not have that option. See Attached:
Clearly, there is no option. All I wish to do is have label bars without numberation. Any ideas?
Your screenshot cuts off below Close. Options should be near the bottom of the Excel window.
PeterBartholomew1
Hi Peter, thanks for the image, this is exactly what I want. A header with no zero and the rows starting with 1,2, 3 etc which will match my VIX levels of 1,2, and 3 etc. At the moment the VIX is "out of sync" with the Row numbers. Pls see image.I used the Excel 365 SEQUENCE function to generate fake row and column headers that matched the dimensions of the data ranges on the sheet (the sheet-based values being hidden as discussed subsequently). You already have the 'VIX Reading's for that. Formatting and sheet splits can be applied to taste.
Hiding the grid and sheet headings only makes sense if you adopt a referencing style that is entirely based on Names and Structured References.
- Thanks PeterBartholomew1,
How would I go about doing that step by step please, (instead of losing the far left column numbers via unticking Row/Col Headers - of which I might need to reference row/col values later)?
Cheers.
You could hide excel's row/column headers. File/Options/Advanced and scroll down to the display options for this worksheet section.
Thanks but this is why I wasted an hour earlier today despite clarifying my system and version (Macbook/Excel v16 2019 (and tried 2021)), none of the menus in the google search results/videos corresponded to my version....
