As usual, you should post your code. But, you need not select a worksheet or
a range to do something with it.

sheets("sheet2").range("a1")=1
sheets("sheet2").range("a1")=sheets("sheet1").rang e("a1")
sheets("sheet2").range("a1:a100").clearcontents

However, if you insist, try this
x=activesheet.name
application.goto sheets("sheet2").range("a1")
activecell=12
sheets(x).select

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Don Guillett
SalesAid Software

"Ron" wrote in message
10.200...
Hi Guys,

Im teaching myself vba [or trying to!] so my code attempts may reek of
amateur, but hell, we all started somewhere.


I have 35 very similar worksheets that grab financial data from a web
query. I only use one sheet at a time though. The active sheet then has
to format a load of data and paste it into a mastersheet.

What I need to do but can't grasp it is when I am in the active sheet and
do a cut of the relevant data, then tell my code to select the 'Data
Collection' worksheet and pastes it, I need to go back to the previous
sheet to clear some leftover data ready for the next time this particular
collection sheet is used.

I tried to set the activesheet name as a variable to refer back to it
later
but it simply stays in the 'Data Collection' worksheet instead of going
back, or I generate a vba error.

Any help would be appreciated.

Ron