Mary, the following is untested, but should work:

sub DeleteRows()
dim R as long, lastR as long
lastR = cells(65536,1).end(xlup).row
for R = lastR to 1 step -1
if cells(R,1).value = "00001" then rows(r).delete
next
End sub

Run the above and then save the file. To delete rows based on a different
value, just edit the If test

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"MaryB@FIC" wrote in message
...
I have one large Excel workbook that I need to break apart and save as
several separate workbooks. The separation point is a column value rather
than a specific cell.

For example, I have several rows where Column A='00001'. I need a macro
that says to delete all rows where Column A<'00001' and save the file
with a
different name. Then I need to open the larger file again and do the same
thing for rows where Column A<'00002', and so on several more times.

Does anyone know how to write a code in Visual Basic that would do this?
Any suggestions would be extremely helpful.

Mary