Linda

See here

http://www.dicks-blog.com/excel/2004..._numbers_.html to convert
column numbers to letter.

For your situation, you might use the Cells method

sValue = Worksheets("sheet1").Cells(1,ActiveCell.Column).Va lue

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"LindaMac" wrote in message
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When I use the Activecell.column statement it returns a numeric value for
the
column(ex: 27), I want the character value (ex: AA).

Here is a sample of my code, I always want to access row #1, but the
column
will vary based on the activecell location:

Dim sColumn as string
Dim sRangeName as string
Dim sValue as string

sColumn = activecell.column
sRangeName = sColumn + "1"
sValue = worksheets("sheet1").range(sRangeName).value