Regarding the second question (err 1004);
You have to supply the path as well as the name.

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Regards;
Rob
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"Elsie" wrote in message
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Hi, I am trying to get my macro to delete a particular column when the
first
row of that column contains a certain keyword, however I am only able
to
delete the first row of that column. In addition, how come "
Workbooks.Open
Filename:=fi" keeps giving me error 1004 - runtime error that says it
can't
find the file?

Sub redundantCols()

Dim fi As String, sh As String
Dim c As String
Dim i As Integer, j As Integer, k As Integer
fi = InputBox("Enter the name of file", "Source file")
sh = InputBox("Enter the name of the sheet", "Source sheet")
fi = fi & ".xls"

Workbooks.Open Filename:=fi
Windows(fi).Activate
Sheets(sh).Select

With Workbooks(fi).Worksheets(sh)
.Cells(1, 9) = "Item Description"
i = 1
For j = 1 To 16
c = Cells(i, j)

If c = "Description" Or c = "Item" Then
.Cells(i, j) = ""
End If

Next j

End With

End Sub