Thanks Jim, That one works.

I thought the act of copying would change the selection.

kudos for deciphering my imprecise question.

"Jim Thomlinson" wrote:

You can do it in 1 macro. Actually you can do it with one line of code...

Range("A1:A10").Copy Destination:= Activecell.offset(0,2)

Change the A1:A10 to suit.
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HTH...

Jim Thomlinson


"uturnabout" wrote:

I am trying to learn about what macros can and can't do.

Essentially, I want to copy data from a fixed location and paste it in a
relative location. It seems like this should be possible, but no matter what
I try, it fails.

Most recently, I have tried to use two separate macros.
Macro 1 selects and copies the fixed data.

Selection.Copy

Macro 2 should paste two spaces to the right of where the cursor is.

ActiveCell.Offset(0, 2).Range("A1").Select
ActiveSheet.Paste

I have recorded these macros, but when I try to run Macro 2, I get an error
(either 1004 or 438 if that is relevant)

Is what I am trying to do possible?