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Message:: [QUOTE="doug444, post: 2692948, member: 38849"]I also use Excel; when you design it, you understand it, right from Day One. Some of you may not know that you can add a "comment" (which you can edit) into each cell.  It does not clutter up the spreadsheet - the only sign it's there is a tiny red triangle in the upper right corner of the cell.  Go to "insert," select "comment," and a box pops up, ready to type.  My version of Excel puts my name* at the top of the comment box, which is a nuisance, but it's easy to delete by backspacing. The "comment" feature lets you reduce the number of columns in your records, which makes it easier to read.  However, they are not visible unless and until you hover the mouse over the triangle. You can also enlarge the Comment box by pulling down the corner with your mouse; I never tried a long comment, but it looks like you could write hundreds of characters; it is ordinary text.  I do not know if comments are searchable with Ctrl-F. *I assume this is default so that a large number of persons can add their comments to a single spreadsheet (then you know who to blame).[/QUOTE]