Aligning Option Buttons

Posted by Dexter on September 21, 2001 3:37 AM

I have a dialogue sheet set up with a group box with a gazillion option buttons in it. Does Excel have a quickie method for aligning these buttons?

Appreciate tips from anyone.

Posted by Robb on September 21, 2001 4:22 AM

Dexter

Assuming you don't really want all the OBs aligned in one line, try this:

- select an OB at the top of the form
- hold Shift and select the OB that would be at the lower end of an approx
straight line down the form
- this should result in all the OBs in the vertical line being selected
- from Main menu select Format/Align/Lefts

All the OBs in the vertical line should now be aligned - repeat across the form.

Any help?

Regards

Posted by Dexter on September 21, 2001 7:25 AM

I gave it a try but the format option on main menu has no 'align' selection. I also tried with the Format Control selection with no luck either.
Any other ideas would be greatly appreciated

Posted by Tom Urtis on September 21, 2001 7:49 AM

One thought, if you go into the Visual Basic Editor, select your user form in Design View, click on any of the buttons, then click Edit > Select All, then click on Format > Align.

Any help?

Tom Urtis

Posted by Jay on September 22, 2001 3:50 AM

Make sure the Drawing toolbar is shown.

Select the objects you want to align.

On the left side of the Drawing toolbar is a pull-down named "Draw." Select the submenu "Align or Distribute" from it then Align Left, Align Top or whatever.

"Nudge" (also on the "Draw" pull-down) comes in handy for moving objects in small increments.

I customized the Drawing toolbar to add the Align & Nudge buttons so they are more accessible.

Jay

Posted by Dexter on September 25, 2001 3:50 AM

Select the objects you want to align. On the left side of the Drawing toolbar is a pull-down named "Draw." Select the submenu "Align or Distribute" from it then Align Left, Align Top or whatever.
Jay,
Thanks for the tip. I was hoping for an easy answer.
Dexter