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- From: sbarton@uswnvg.com (Sue Barton)
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- Subject: Re: Excel: Extract Range Macro Question
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- Date: 21 Dec 92 21:09:21 GMT
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- Stuart Baker (stubaker@casbah.acns.nwu.edu) wrote:
- : I have an Excel 4.0 problem I am hoping someone has a solution to:
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- : I have a database setup where I am extracting data to an extract range
- : that is unlimited in nature. Sometimes I extract a few records and
- : sometimes several hundred. I want to write a macro that will select
- : the extracted data (no matter how many records are extracted) and re-
- : define that area as the print area.
- :
- : My question is how do I "get" the extract range, so I can select it
- : and define the print area? Is there functions or macro commands that
- : will allow me to do this?
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- If you always extract to the same place you should be able to write
- a macro that inserts blank cells directly below your extract definition
- and above your extracted data, go to the top left cell of extracted data,
- and then hit the control shift 8 (a control asterisk) and that command
- will select all data that has a blank row above, below and blank columns
- beside on left and right. You can then hit the set print area tool.
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- There is a tool that does that control shift 8 command it looks like a
- black bullet with arrows going away from center to top right, top left,
- bottom right and bottom left.
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