Many thanks

"Tom Ogilvy" wrote in message
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You can only select on the activesheet.

An alternative approach
Sheets("Worksheet 1").Select
Range("A8").Select

if the workbook is not active

Workbooks("MyBook.xls").Select
Sheets("Worksheet 1").Select
Range("A8").Select

if you execute the code from within a class module such as a sheet module
or
the thisworkbook module
Workbooks("MyBook.xls").Select
Workbooks("MyBook.xls").Sheets("Worksheet 1").Select
Workbooks("MyBook.xls").Sheets("Worksheet 1").Range("A8").Select

as any unqualified references will be qualified with the sheet or workbook
associated with that module.

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy


"Andibevan" wrote in message
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Hi All,

This is a really basic question that I can't work out.

Why can't I use sheets("Worksheet 1").Range("A8").Select to select a
range
on another worksheet?

And am I correct in thinking the only way to do it is:-

Application.Goto Activeworkbook.Sheets("Worksheet 1").Range("A8")

Thanks in advance

Andi