Hi H., Not sure how you are determining that Excel knows or doesn't know your column headings are column headings.
Do you mean it guesses correctly when you go to sort your data whether you have headings or not? Excel is not a database management system, so you have to get used to the fact that Excel has kind of a wild-west, lawless attitude (both in general and in handling data). You can clue Excel that your headings are headings by formatting them in bold and/or underline. Excel uses various (undocumented) clues to make it's educated guesses. You can always override Excel's guesses when it does make them, so it's not a huge deal either way. The exception is in Excel 2007+ if you use the Table feature I mentioned previously: the first row of the table must have headings, and Excel knows they are headings. You can refer to columns by column name when working with Tables. Asa -----Original Message----- From: Domain Admin [mailto:domainqu...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 4:49 PM To: Asa Rossoff Subject: So is it common for even an easy question on the forum to not get answered? I posted this question a day ago which I assumed many would be able to answer but no replies at all Excel does a very good job of knowing row 1 is column names even if the data type is the same for the entire column. But it is not always correct. If I insert columns of numbers then insert a new row1 and put in text headers it considers them column names even if the entire column is set to text. But if I insert text data then insert a new row of text names it thinks they are data. There must be some way to tell it the row is column names both from the interface and programmatically I would think. Does anyone know the rules here and how to directly set if col names or not? -- FORUM RULES (986+ members already BANNED for violation) 1) Use concise, accurate thread titles. Poor thread titles, like Please Help, Urgent, Need Help, Formula Problem, Code Problem, and Need Advice will not get quick attention or may not be answered. 2) Don't post a question in the thread of another member. 3) Don't post questions regarding breaking or bypassing any security measure. 4) Acknowledge the responses you receive, good or bad. 5) Cross-promotion of, or links to, forums competitive to this forum in signatures are prohibited. NOTE : Don't ever post personal or confidential data in a workbook. Forum owners and members are not responsible for any loss. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com
