There are tow solution. I prefer solution 2, but solution 1 is a little bit
easier

1) You can access a sheet by its position in the workbook. Sheets can be
move a put in any order you want. So if the payroll sheet is the 3rd tab
then use this code

with sheets(3)

end with


2) the second method is to look for a spreadsheet with the name starting
with payroll

Sub test1()

For Each sht In ThisWorkbook.Sheets
If Left(sht.Name, 7) = "Payroll" Then
Set pay_sht = sht
Exit For
End If
Next sht

With pay_sht


End With

End Sub


" wrote:

Is it possible to do a macro to update information between the
following situation.

1 - Journal Spreadsheet - same every week - needs to be updated in
cells J2, J5, J8, etc.
every 3rd cell with information from spreadsheet 2.
2 - Payroll Spreadsheet - different every week - information in column
H - cells H13, H14, H15 update cells in spreadsheet 1 - i.e. H13 to
J2, H14 to J5, H15 to J8, etc.

When the new payroll spreadsheet (spreadsheet 3) comes into play, it
has a different name because of the date i.e. Payroll 2-15-08 - my
macro only works from Spreadsheet 1 to Spreadsheet 2 - when
Spreadsheet 3 comes into play - is there a way to do a macro to use
this new information to go into ss 1 - the Journal? Can this be done
when it has a new name (different date)?

I know about the + and = signs - to update/change information from one
spreadsheet to another - that is how I wrote my first macro. The
cells we need to use for the updated information are in the same
location every week.

Any help would be appreciated - or suggestions on how to do
different! Thank you!