Possible to copy sheets into another (closed!) workbook?
 

Hi there

Would anyone know how I can copy some worksheets into another workbook
which is closed. The files are so big that I can't open them both at
the same time.

Thank you very much!
Manuel

Do it in batches.

Open bigfile1 and copy the sheets to a new workbook.

Close bigfile1 and open bigfile2.

Copy the sheets from newbook to bigfile2.


Gord Dibben Excel MVP


On 17 Feb 2005 16:25:39 -0800, "Grotifant" wrote:

Hi there

Would anyone know how I can copy some worksheets into another workbook
which is closed. The files are so big that I can't open them both at
the same time.

Thank you very much!
Manuel

Thanks a lot for your reply.

The problem is that I want to copy all sheets from bigfile2 into
bigfile1 and I can't open them at the same time. Is there an upper
limit of the max. filesize in excel? Together the files are around 90MB
- but I thought that would be fine.

Cheers,
Manuel

You could try saving the worksheets as .csv - and then importing the
information. That way one of the 'big' files will be a 'not nearly as big'
file. Then you just need to copy/paste special/formats so everything looks
okay...hopefully.

Having said that - if the workbooks are so big, have you considered an
Access DB?

"Grotifant" wrote:

Hi there

Would anyone know how I can copy some worksheets into another workbook
which is closed. The files are so big that I can't open them both at
the same time.

Thank you very much!
Manuel

Thanks a lot for your help - will try this. You're right, Access would
probably be a better solution but have never used it before...
Greetings, Manuel

I'm not a huge Access user myself, but for massaging large chunks of data,
with basic sort facilities, it seems made for the problem you describe. It is
not too difficult, with a table representing a worksheet, importing from one
to another should not be a problem. Good luck.

"Grotifant" wrote:

Thanks a lot for your help - will try this. You're right, Access would
probably be a better solution but have never used it before...
Greetings, Manuel