Paul

Its just the way Excel works. R1C1 is the active cell and
Excel refers to it in RC notation. Heres one I recorded

Sub Macro1()
' Macro1 Macro
' Macro recorded 01/05/2004 by Peter Atherton

Range("B16:B20").Select
ActiveWorkbook.Names.Add Name:="Rng", _
RefersToR1C1:="=Sheet4!R16C2:R20C2"
End Sub

Note when the range is selected first the AlphaNumeric
notation is used. Normally you would not record a one off
event like createing a range name but you might want to
refer to it later. The sub below selects the name just
created.

Sub Selct()
[rng].Select
End Sub

Regards
Peter
-----Original Message-----
Can anyone explain why when I record a macro which names
a range, the macro
records

ActiveWorkbook.Names.Add Name:="New NamedRange",
RefersToR1C1:= _
"='Cricket Shirts'!R1C1:R26C5"

I am not aware of any setting that tells it to record in
RowColumn notation,
I certainly do not have that option ticked in Options |
General.

Can anyone explain why the address of the range is not in
normal alpha
numeric notations.

PWS


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