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Don Guillett Don Guillett is offline
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Default how to properly loop a macro

Not exactly clear what you want but

for i = 1 to 200 step 20
cells(i,"d") 'do your thing
next i
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Don Guillett
SalesAid Software

"brawny_javo" wrote in message
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I am fixing a badly made spreadsheet, and I am a bit of an Excel macro
novice. I have recorded the following macro to move data into useable
areas, but I need to be able to have the macro restart 20 lines down
(and perform each function 20 lines down), and then restart every 20
lines down from that, etc etc all the way down to line 8100. Any help
would be greatly appreciated!!

Sub Macro3()
Range("A1").Select
Selection.Cut
Range("A2").Select
ActiveSheet.Paste
Range("B2").Select
Selection.Cut
Range("B1").Select
ActiveSheet.Paste
Range("B3").Select
Selection.Cut
Range("C1").Select
ActiveSheet.Paste
Range("B4").Select
Selection.Cut
Range("D1").Select
ActiveSheet.Paste
Range("B5").Select
Selection.Cut
Range("E1").Select
ActiveSheet.Paste
Range("B6").Select
Selection.Cut
Range("F1").Select
ActiveSheet.Paste
Range("B7").Select
Selection.Cut
Range("G1").Select
ActiveSheet.Paste
Range("B8").Select
Selection.Cut
Range("H1").Select
ActiveSheet.Paste
Range("B9").Select
Selection.Cut
Range("I1").Select
ActiveSheet.Paste
Range("B10").Select
Selection.Cut
Range("J1").Select
ActiveSheet.Paste
Range("B10").Select
Selection.Cut
Range("J1").Select
ActiveSheet.Paste
Range("B11").Select
Selection.Cut
Range("K1").Select
ActiveSheet.Paste
Range("B12").Select
Selection.Cut
Range("L1").Select
ActiveSheet.Paste
Range("B13").Select
Selection.Cut
Range("M1").Select
ActiveSheet.Paste
Range("B14").Select
Selection.Cut
Range("N1").Select
ActiveSheet.Paste
Range("B15").Select
Selection.Cut
Range("O1").Select
ActiveSheet.Paste
Range("B16").Select
Selection.Cut
Range("P1").Select
ActiveSheet.Paste
Range("B17").Select
Selection.Cut
Range("Q1").Select
ActiveSheet.Paste
Range("B18").Select
Selection.Cut
Range("R1").Select
ActiveSheet.Paste
Range("B19").Select
Selection.Cut
Range("S1").Select
ActiveSheet.Paste
Range("B20").Select
Selection.Cut
Range("T1").Select
ActiveSheet.Paste
Range("C2").Select
Selection.Cut
Range("B2").Select
ActiveSheet.Paste
Range("C3").Select
Selection.Cut
Range("C2").Select
ActiveSheet.Paste
Range("C4").Select
Selection.Cut
Range("D2").Select
ActiveSheet.Paste
Range("C5").Select
Selection.Cut
Range("E2").Select
ActiveSheet.Paste
Range("C6").Select
Selection.Cut
Range("F2").Select
ActiveSheet.Paste
Range("C7").Select
Selection.Cut
Range("G2").Select
ActiveSheet.Paste
Range("C8").Select
Selection.Cut
Range("H2").Select
ActiveSheet.Paste
Range("C9").Select
Selection.Cut
Range("I2").Select
ActiveSheet.Paste
Range("C10").Select
Selection.Cut
Range("J2").Select
ActiveSheet.Paste
Range("C11").Select
Selection.Cut
Range("K2").Select
ActiveSheet.Paste
Range("C12").Select
Selection.Cut
Range("L2").Select
ActiveSheet.Paste
Range("C13").Select
Selection.Cut
Range("M2").Select
ActiveSheet.Paste
Range("C14").Select
Selection.Cut
Range("N2").Select
ActiveSheet.Paste
Range("C15").Select
Selection.Cut
Range("O2").Select
ActiveSheet.Paste
Range("C16").Select
Selection.Cut
Range("P2").Select
ActiveSheet.Paste
Range("C17").Select
Selection.Cut
Range("Q2").Select
ActiveSheet.Paste
Range("C18").Select
Selection.Cut
Range("R2").Select
ActiveSheet.Paste
Range("C19").Select
Selection.Cut
Range("S2").Select
ActiveSheet.Paste
Range("C20").Select
Selection.Cut
Range("T2").Select
ActiveSheet.Paste
End Sub

Thanks,
Stephen