VB Macro to Align Worksheets with Top Worksheet (134829)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
  • Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition
This article was previously published under Q134829
This article also applies to:
  • Microsoft Excel for Windows 95 7.0|7.0
  • Microsoft Excel for Windows 5.0c|5.0c
  • Microsoft Excel for Windows NT 5.0|5.0
  • Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh 5.0|5.0
  • Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh 5.0a|5.0a

SUMMARY

When worksheets have been grouped and a cell selected, that cell is then the active cell on each of the grouped sheets. In order to view that cell, each sheet must be individually manipulated to bring the active cell into view. The following is a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) to align all the worksheets this way.

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Sample Visual Basic Procedure

    Sub AlignSheets()

       ' Remember which sheet was on top.
       Set TopSheet = ActiveSheet

       ' Do not update the screen until the end of the routine.
       Application.ScreenUpdating = False

       ' Store the sheet's position.
       TopRow = ActiveWindow.VisibleRange.Row
       LeftColumn = ActiveWindow.VisibleRange.Column

       ' Loop through each worksheet in the total worksheets.
       For Each xPage In Worksheets

           ' Activate worksheet.
           xPage.Activate

           ' Scroll the active sheet to the stored position.
           ActiveWindow.ScrollRow = TopRow
           ActiveWindow.ScrollColumn = LeftColumn

       ' Get the next worksheet.
       Next xPage

       ' Restore the original sheet.
       TopSheet.Activate

   End Sub

REFERENCES

"Visual Basic User's Guide," version 5.0, Chapter 5, "Working with Objects in Visual Basic"
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:10/11/2006
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