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    Insert Signature Upon Choosing Name

    Another question:

    If Cell A1 has a drop down list with a bunch of names, and the name John Carter is chosen; is Excel able to display his signature in Cell B1?
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    Re: Insert Signature Upon Choosing Name

    Hi swordswinger710, I'm sure this can be done but where is his signature relative to his name? Is the whole sheet formatted the same way?
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    Re: Insert Signature Upon Choosing Name

    See http://www.mcgimpsey.com/excel/lookuppics.html
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    Re: Insert Signature Upon Choosing Name

    Mordred, thanks for your response - my workbook is set up so that there's an Entry Page. The cells therein send data to cells on multiple sheets in this workbook. Four of these data cells require a name, and these four names need to display their respective signatures in the cells on the sheets they're linked to. If the Entry Page name gets switched to another dude, then the old signature needs to get replaced with the new signature.

    Does this make sense? I don't know where to put the signatures it's supposed to grab, but I suppose a list on the Entry Page will do...

    shg, thank you, I will check that out.

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    Re: Insert Signature Upon Choosing Name

    shg, I've downloaded that sample file, and I think this method will work, but where on earth are the actual pictures located? I'm stumped.

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    Re: Insert Signature Upon Choosing Name

    The pictures are being hidden by the code. From what I can see, they are hidden in the top left cornor of Sheet1.

    Run this...

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    ...and the pictures will be unhidden, but as soon as you run the code again the pictures will hide.
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    Re: Insert Signature Upon Choosing Name

    jeffreybrown, thanks so much - so do you think there would be a way of actually having a list of pictures somewhere, so any new ones could be added easily?

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    Re: Insert Signature Upon Choosing Name

    Not a problem. Here is what I did to add new pictures

    Step 1. Insert new pictures to Sheet1 (resize if necessary)
    Step 2. On Sheet2, update PicTable with Name and Picture Name, but don't forget to resize the table range (Ctrl + F3)
    Step 3. Back on Sheet1, select a new value from A2 and all pictures besides that which matches A2 will be hidden

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    Re: Insert Signature Upon Choosing Name

    Okay cool, I see what you're doing there - my workbook is a bit of a different case though I'm afraid, as you can see by my attachment below...

    I also need the cells that receive the signature images to be empty if no name on the Entry Page is selected.
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    Re: Insert Signature Upon Choosing Name

    You can change the Vlookup too...

    =IFERROR(VLOOKUP(A2, PicTable, 2, FALSE),"") (This is based on the original file setup from the sample workbook, because in the posted file I don't see any pictures or code you have attempted thus far)

    ...this way when you blank out the name the Vlookup that generates an error will now show "", therefore, no picture.

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    Re: Insert Signature Upon Choosing Name

    Great, that fixes that issue. So, would the code work for my situation?
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    Re: Insert Signature Upon Choosing Name

    I've been trying to attach an updated sample with signature images, but I keep getting upload errors. Does my sample in Post #9 give enough information?

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    Re: Insert Signature Upon Choosing Name

    I don't see why not, what have you tried or what is failing?

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    Re: Insert Signature Upon Choosing Name

    The code works well for one sheet, but I don't know how to edit it to display the signature on those other sheets in my example.

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    Re: Insert Signature Upon Choosing Name

    Sorry but I can't really make heads-or-tails out of your attachment.

    I see the different names on the "Entry Page" tab, but have no idea about the 5Ws (Who, What, Where, When, and Why?

    I'm going to need a few more details to get us further down the road and with what you have tried so far.

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    Re: Insert Signature Upon Choosing Name

    This upload issue is quite a bother right now, but it would basically be the same attachment plus a picture of each persons' signature next to their name on the value sheet.

    If the four values on the Entry Page are empty, then all the cells that are linked to those cells (specified by the different colours from Page 1 through 5) would not display anyone's signature. If the fields get names, then their signature picture would be displayed in the cells marked with the same colour on the following sheets.

    I haven't got any further than the example we have so far. I apologize if I wasn't clearer on this earlier. Does this make a bit of sense?

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    Re: Insert Signature Upon Choosing Name

    I see the upload issue is still persistent - any ideas for my situation?

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