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Default How do I make a dynamic print range in excel?

Depends on what you mean...

If the rows at the bottom are really empty -- no formulas, no nothing, then
excel should be able to figure out what should be printed.

But sometimes you may have to reset the lastused cell so that it matches with
what you think it should be.

Visit Debra Dalgleish's site for some techniques for resetting that
lastusedcell.
http://www.contextures.com/xlfaqApp.html#Unused

On the other hand, if you have formulas in those rows that evaluate to "",
resetting the last used cell won't help.

If I can pick out a column indicates if that row is used or not, then I like
this technique:

(I used column A in my sample, but you can use any column you want.)

Insert|Name|Define
Names in workbook: Sheet1!LastRow
Use this formula
Refers to: =LOOKUP(2,1/(Sheet1!$A$1:$A$1000<""),ROW(Sheet1!$A$1:$A$1000) )

(Make that 1000 big enough to extend past the last possible row.)

Then once mo
Insert|Name|Define
Names in workbook: Sheet1!Print_Area
Use this formula
Refers to: =OFFSET(Sheet1!$A$1,0,0,lastRow,3)

That last 3 represents the last column to print (A:C in my example).

And change the worksheet (sheet1) if necessary (in all the places).


Herd wrote:

How do I make excel automatically adjust the print area to print only the
rows with information in them?

Thanks for the help.
Herd


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Dave Peterson