Try:

Dim lngAGroup As Long, lngBGroup As Long 'etc
lngAGroup = 21
lngBGroup = 45
'etc
Rows(lngAGroup & ":" & lngAGroup + [A1] - 1).Hidden = True
Rows(lngBGroup & ":" & lngBGroup + [A2] - 1).Hidden = True
'etc

It's worth using data validation to restrict the values that can be entered
in Cells A1 & A2 etc.

HTH
Roger
Shaftesbury (UK)



"Mo2" wrote in message
...
autofilter doesnt do the trick for me so i'm thinking maybe a macro will.
I made a template(sort've) and i want to specify how many rows to hide,
before i even start (so i'm not looking at rows that i wont be using, or
accidently typing stuff in them when i didnt mean to)

(the problem is, i dont know the first thing about writing one)

This is what i have in the following cells (and one way i could think of
doing what i want):
(NOTE: by "[__]" i just mean its an empty cell, which needs to be filled
in
manually with a number)

Column A Column B
A1: [__] B1: "is the # of rows i'll be using in the Agroup (cells
A25
- A44)"
A2: [__] B2: "is the # of rows i'll be using in the Bgroup (cells
A45
- A64)"

(this pattern goes on all the way to the Ogroup (cells A305 through A324)

An example of what i want to happen:
If i put "5" in A1 (which is currently an empty cell),
the macro would automatically unhide the first 5 rows of of the Agroup
(cells A25 through A30) -- if they aren't unhidden already.
and then the macro would hide the rest of the rows in the Agroup
(cells A31 through A44), if they aren't hidden already.

The same thing would happen for the Bgroup if i typed a number in A2
the range i can enter should be between 1 and 19
(either nothing should happen if a lower/higher number is entered, or
preferrably, a warning of some sort, asking the user to "input a number
between 1 and 20 please")

thanks in advance if you can help me out

P.S. i know i can manually hide these rows.. but i may share this template
with people who dont know the very much about excel, or dont want to put
too
much effort into manually hiding the rows. the point of the template is to
save time)