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The problem was entirely mine.
With Helmut selecting Range("A11"), I had also in advertently typed A11
instead of A1 into the calculation of lastrow and lastcolumn

It should of course had read
lc = ActiveSheet.Cells.Find("*", [A1], , , xlByColumns, xlPrevious).Column
lr = ActiveSheet.Cells.Find("*", [A1], , , xlByRows, xlPrevious).Row

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Regards
Roger Govier

"Roger Govier" <roger@technology4unospamdotcodotuk wrote in message
...
Hi Helmut

if you want, you can email the file to me and I will take a look.
to send direct mail to
roger at technology4u dot co dot uk
Do the obvious with at and dot

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Regards
Roger Govier

"Helmut" wrote in message
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Using F8 I see nothing happening on the window at all for lc nor for lr

"Roger Govier" wrote:

Hi Helmut

It sorted fine on the sample of data I used to test it.
Were you on the correct sheet when you ran the macro?
What happens if you step through the macro with F8? What do you see in
the
immediate window for lr and lc?

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Regards
Roger Govier

"Helmut" wrote in message
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Hi roger,
your suggestion runs without error but does NOTactually sort.
Any further suggestions?

"Roger Govier" wrote:

Hi Helmut

Try
Sub test()
Dim lr As Long, lc As Long
lc = ActiveSheet.Cells.Find("*", [A11], , , xlByColumns,
xlPrevious).Column
lr = ActiveSheet.Cells.Find("*", [A11], , , xlByRows, xlPrevious).Row

Range("A11").Select
ActiveSheet.Sort.SortFields.Clear
ActiveSheet.Sort.SortFields.Add _
Key:=Range(Cells(11, 1), Cells(lr, 1)) _
, SortOn:=xlSortOnValues, Order:=xlAscending,
DataOption:=xlSortNormal
With ActiveSheet.Sort
.SetRange Range(Cells(11, 1), Cells(lr, lc))
.Header = xlYes
.MatchCase = False
.Orientation = xlTopToBottom
.SortMethod = xlPinYin
.Apply
End With

End Sub

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Regards
Roger Govier

"Helmut" wrote in message
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I tried but the "usedrange" doesn't work...I changed the lines:

Range("A11").Select
Activesheet.Sort.SortFields.Clear
Activesheet.Sort.SortFields.Add
Key:=usedrange _
, SortOn:=xlSortOnValues, Order:=xlAscending,
DataOption:=xlSortNormal
With Activesheet.Sort
.SetRange usedrange
.Header = xlYes
.MatchCase = False
.Orientation = xlTopToBottom
.SortMethod = xlPinYin
.Apply
End With

"carlo" wrote:

instead of activeworkbook.worksheets(bla) you could use
activesheet
which would take the sheet that has been activated the last as
reference.

and if you want to sort the whole used area you could use
usedrange as
range.

If that doesn't help, try to give some more information.

Carlo

On Jan 9, 4:41 pm, Helmut
wrote:
How can I make the following work on any worksheet and on
whatever
the
new
range might be "A11:Axxx" - "A11:Jxxx"

Range("A11").Select
ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets("JAN").Sort.SortFields.C lear
ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets("JAN").Sort.SortFields.A dd
Key:=Range("A11:A68") _
, SortOn:=xlSortOnValues, Order:=xlAscending,
DataOption:=xlSortNormal
With ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets("JAN").Sort
.SetRange Range("A10:J68")
.Header = xlYes
.MatchCase = False
.Orientation = xlTopToBottom
.SortMethod = xlPinYin
.Apply
End With