Comments on: Hidden Columns in HTML

By: Juan C. Mendez

Juan C. Mendez — Tue, 26 May 2009 11:04:00 +0000

Change the format of the cells you want to hide to ";;;" instead of white on white, and your problem is solved. Both Firefox and Explorer will not show them.

@dbb - Somehow agree that white on white is a bad practice if you either (a) don't document that the region XX:YY of your sheet is for intermediate calculations and/or (b) don't lock the region to avoid accidental changes. If you do, white on white or the ";;;" format are excellent ways to keep intermediate calculations without making the sheet visually crowded

By: kim

kim — Tue, 26 May 2009 01:16:00 +0000

Do you know how to share Excel file to blogs/websites that can be shared by other users? Please help me.. I like to share excel files that can be used by others as well.

By: kim

kim — Tue, 26 May 2009 01:15:00 +0000

Do you know how to share Excel file to blogs/websites that can be shared by other users? Please help me..

By: Ann

Ann — Wed, 13 May 2009 21:49:00 +0000

Do you have info about how it appears on Safari (just curious; I’ve been using that more than FF lately)

By: dbb

dbb — Fri, 08 May 2009 23:30:00 +0000

I think Firefox is trying to tell you something – don’t hide columns – and I agree. I would prefer to put working figures to the right or below, label and format them tidily, and maybe make the font gray so the text is a bit faded. Then it’s clear these are working figures.

I would never ever (ever) use white on white. Too easy for a user to delete something by accident. Too hard for a user to see what is going on.