hi there

what i needed to do was

ActiveSheet.Range("E9").Activate
ActiveCell.Offset(0, n).Select
ActiveCell.Range("A1:A250").Select

where the the A1 actually refers to the active cell not the actual call
A1! odd behaviour i know

but thanks for the reply


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