selection of cell at the intersection of column B and the row ofwhatever cell is active

[A & S]

Hi

I have been messing around for several hours to try and figure out how
to do this but can never get quite what I want. I need to be able to
run the macro and have it select a cell by using the row of the
current active cell and column B. say for instance cell D5 is active,
I would want the macro to select cell B5, if F15 were active then I
would want it to select B15.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank

 

[Lars-Åke Aspelin]

Hi

I have been messing around for several hours to try and figure out how
to do this but can never get quite what I want. I need to be able to
run the macro and have it select a cell by using the row of the
current active cell and column B. say for instance cell D5 is active,
I would want the macro to select cell B5, if F15 were active then I
would want it to select B15.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank

Try this macro

Sub select_B()
ActiveSheet.Cells(ActiveCell.Row, "B").Select
End Sub

Hope this helps / Lars-Åke

 

[A & S]

Try this macro

Sub select_B()
   ActiveSheet.Cells(ActiveCell.Row, "B").Select
End Sub

Hope this helps / Lars-Åke

thanks that worked just like I wanted, I knew it had to be something
fairly simple

 

[Rick Rothstein]

Just so you can see there are usually more than one way to accomplish a goal
with code, here is another approach...

Sub SelectColumnB()
Intersect(Columns("B"), ActiveCell.EntireRow).Select
End Sub

--
Rick (MVP - Excel)

Try this macro

Sub select_B()
ActiveSheet.Cells(ActiveCell.Row, "B").Select
End Sub

Hope this helps / Lars-Åke

thanks that worked just like I wanted, I knew it had to be something
fairly simple

 

[A & S]

Try this macro

Sub select_B()
   ActiveSheet.Cells(ActiveCell.Row, "B").Select
End Sub

Hope this helps / Lars-Åke

I am now wondering, I highlighted the entire column B and typed
Description into the name box is there a way that I can use that title
instead of B

thanks

 

[A & S]

Just so you can see there are usually more than one way to accomplish a goal
with code, here is another approach...

Sub SelectColumnB()
  Intersect(Columns("B"), ActiveCell.EntireRow).Select
End Sub

--
Rick (MVP - Excel)






thanks that worked just like I wanted, I knew it had to be something
fairly simple- Hide quoted text -

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I am now wondering, I highlighted the entire column B and typed
Description into the name box is there a way that I can use that
title
instead of B

thanks

 

[Lars-Åke Aspelin]

I am now wondering, I highlighted the entire column B and typed
Description into the name box is there a way that I can use that title
instead of B

thanks

Yes, try this macro

Sub select_description()
ActiveSheet.Cells(ActiveCell.Row,
Range("Description").Column).Select
End Sub

Hope this helps / Lars-Åke

 

[Rick Rothstein]

Try this...

Sub SelectColumnB()
Intersect(Range("Description"), ActiveCell.EntireRow).Select
End Sub

--
Rick (MVP - Excel)

Just so you can see there are usually more than one way to accomplish a
goal
with code, here is another approach...

Sub SelectColumnB()
Intersect(Columns("B"), ActiveCell.EntireRow).Select
End Sub

--
Rick (MVP - Excel)

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thanks that worked just like I wanted, I knew it had to be something
fairly simple- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I am now wondering, I highlighted the entire column B and typed
Description into the name box is there a way that I can use that
title
instead of B

thanks

 

[Lori]

You can also just type into the name box one of these:
"c2 r" or "Description r" or "index(description,row())"

The equivalent in VBA is: application.goto "Description r" , etc.
An advantage is that you can use the macro recorder to generate the code.