Patrick,

Thanks. Not quite what I had in mind. Wanted a message box to appear into
which I'd input my text. On clicking "OK" this would then be written to the
cell (B2). I'd then be given another message box into which I'd input the
date. This would then be entered into cell E2 when "OK" clicked.


"Patrick Molloy" wrote:

in the development environment (ALT+F11)
from the Project Explorer, right click the ThisWorkbook object and select
View Code
- in fact double clicking it opens its code window.
select 'Workbook' in th eobject list
Excel adds the _Open event

add the code and edit it appropriately


Private Sub Workbook_Open()
Worksheets("Sheet2").Range("A1") = InputBox("Please enter the date")
End Sub

"barrowhill" wrote:

I have a spreadsheet that on opening for first time requires the input of
text (a venue) in one cell and the Date in another.

On opening, I'd like to be prompted to input the venue then prompted to
input the date.

Appreciate help.