I have worksheets for the week days in the same workbook that I have to date
everyday. example: 7/28/08, 7/29/08 etc. the format does not matter but I
would like it to auto date instead of entering dates manually each day. Maybe
if I enter the first date and then it auto adds the other dates for the
remainder of the sheets?
Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

Hi

In cell A1 enter your starting date
in A2
=A1+1
Copy down as far as required.

Changing the value in A1, will change all subsequent values

--
Regards
Roger Govier

"never" wrote in message
...
I have worksheets for the week days in the same workbook that I have to
date
everyday. example: 7/28/08, 7/29/08 etc. the format does not matter but I
would like it to auto date instead of entering dates manually each day.
Maybe
if I enter the first date and then it auto adds the other dates for the
remainder of the sheets?
Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

Thanks, but the dates are on different worksheets, not the same one. Monday's
date on worksheet tab 1, Tues on worksheet tab 2, Wed on tab 3 etc... I would
like to have them self date without having to put date on each sheet
manually. For instance you can add a person's name by grouping the sheets, so
you only have to type it in once for the whole week. Right now I am typing in
dates manually, if I use a TODAY() function then it changes each time I open
the worksheet and the worksheets will be opened multiple times on any given
date in the future so this is not a useful function for what I would like to
use. Thanks again for any other ideas.

"Roger Govier" wrote:

Hi

In cell A1 enter your starting date
in A2
=A1+1
Copy down as far as required.

Changing the value in A1, will change all subsequent values

--
Regards
Roger Govier

"never" wrote in message
...
I have worksheets for the week days in the same workbook that I have to
date
everyday. example: 7/28/08, 7/29/08 etc. the format does not matter but I
would like it to auto date instead of entering dates manually each day.
Maybe
if I enter the first date and then it auto adds the other dates for the
remainder of the sheets?
Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

Run this macro whenever you want to change the incremented dates across
sheets.

Sub Date_Increment()
Dim myDate As Date
Dim iCtr As Long
myDate = InputBox("Enter a date")
For iCtr = 1 To Worksheets.Count
With Worksheets(iCtr).Range("A1")
.Value = myDate - 1 + iCtr
.NumberFormat = "mm-dd-yyyy"
End With
Next iCtr
End Sub


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:48:12 -0700, never
wrote:

Thanks, but the dates are on different worksheets, not the same one. Monday's
date on worksheet tab 1, Tues on worksheet tab 2, Wed on tab 3 etc... I would
like to have them self date without having to put date on each sheet
manually. For instance you can add a person's name by grouping the sheets, so
you only have to type it in once for the whole week. Right now I am typing in
dates manually, if I use a TODAY() function then it changes each time I open
the worksheet and the worksheets will be opened multiple times on any given
date in the future so this is not a useful function for what I would like to
use. Thanks again for any other ideas.

"Roger Govier" wrote:

Hi

In cell A1 enter your starting date
in A2
=A1+1
Copy down as far as required.

Changing the value in A1, will change all subsequent values

--
Regards
Roger Govier

"never" wrote in message
...
I have worksheets for the week days in the same workbook that I have to
date
everyday. example: 7/28/08, 7/29/08 etc. the format does not matter but I
would like it to auto date instead of entering dates manually each day.
Maybe
if I enter the first date and then it auto adds the other dates for the
remainder of the sheets?
Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

Thanks, but I am techie challenged. I don't know what any of that means or
how/where to input that info. I do know how to run a macros but I'm not
familiar with Dim & iCtr and so forth. Can you help me a little more, please?
Thanks!

"Gord Dibben" wrote:

Run this macro whenever you want to change the incremented dates across
sheets.

Sub Date_Increment()
Dim myDate As Date
Dim iCtr As Long
myDate = InputBox("Enter a date")
For iCtr = 1 To Worksheets.Count
With Worksheets(iCtr).Range("A1")
.Value = myDate - 1 + iCtr
.NumberFormat = "mm-dd-yyyy"
End With
Next iCtr
End Sub


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:48:12 -0700, never
wrote:

Thanks, but the dates are on different worksheets, not the same one. Monday's
date on worksheet tab 1, Tues on worksheet tab 2, Wed on tab 3 etc... I would
like to have them self date without having to put date on each sheet
manually. For instance you can add a person's name by grouping the sheets, so
you only have to type it in once for the whole week. Right now I am typing in
dates manually, if I use a TODAY() function then it changes each time I open
the worksheet and the worksheets will be opened multiple times on any given
date in the future so this is not a useful function for what I would like to
use. Thanks again for any other ideas.

"Roger Govier" wrote:

Hi

In cell A1 enter your starting date
in A2
=A1+1
Copy down as far as required.

Changing the value in A1, will change all subsequent values

--
Regards
Roger Govier

"never" wrote in message
...
I have worksheets for the week days in the same workbook that I have to
date
everyday. example: 7/28/08, 7/29/08 etc. the format does not matter but I
would like it to auto date instead of entering dates manually each day.
Maybe
if I enter the first date and then it auto adds the other dates for the
remainder of the sheets?
Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

If you're not familiar with VBA and macros, see David McRitchie's site for
more on "getting started".

http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/getstarted.htm

or Ron de De Bruin's site on where to store macros.

http://www.rondebruin.nl/code.htm

In the meantime..........

First...create a backup copy of your original workbook.

To create a General Module, hit ALT + F11 to open the Visual Basic Editor.

Hit CRTL + r to open Project Explorer.

Find your workbook/project and select it.

Right-click and InsertModule. Paste the code in there. Save the
workbook and hit ALT + Q to return to your workbook.

Run or edit the macro by going to ToolMacroMacros.

You can also assign this macro to a button or a shortcut key combo.

As far as "Dim" and "iCtr"..............

iCtr is an arbitrary name for a variable.............and Dim tells Excel
what type of variable and what storage space to allocate for that value.

In this case ICtr is the number returned from Worksheets.Count


Gord

On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:28:07 -0700, never
wrote:

Thanks, but I am techie challenged. I don't know what any of that means or
how/where to input that info. I do know how to run a macros but I'm not
familiar with Dim & iCtr and so forth. Can you help me a little more, please?
Thanks!

"Gord Dibben" wrote:

Run this macro whenever you want to change the incremented dates across
sheets.

Sub Date_Increment()
Dim myDate As Date
Dim iCtr As Long
myDate = InputBox("Enter a date")
For iCtr = 1 To Worksheets.Count
With Worksheets(iCtr).Range("A1")
.Value = myDate - 1 + iCtr
.NumberFormat = "mm-dd-yyyy"
End With
Next iCtr
End Sub


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:48:12 -0700, never
wrote:

Thanks, but the dates are on different worksheets, not the same one. Monday's
date on worksheet tab 1, Tues on worksheet tab 2, Wed on tab 3 etc... I would
like to have them self date without having to put date on each sheet
manually. For instance you can add a person's name by grouping the sheets, so
you only have to type it in once for the whole week. Right now I am typing in
dates manually, if I use a TODAY() function then it changes each time I open
the worksheet and the worksheets will be opened multiple times on any given
date in the future so this is not a useful function for what I would like to
use. Thanks again for any other ideas.

"Roger Govier" wrote:

Hi

In cell A1 enter your starting date
in A2
=A1+1
Copy down as far as required.

Changing the value in A1, will change all subsequent values

--
Regards
Roger Govier

"never" wrote in message
...
I have worksheets for the week days in the same workbook that I have to
date
everyday. example: 7/28/08, 7/29/08 etc. the format does not matter but I
would like it to auto date instead of entering dates manually each day.
Maybe
if I enter the first date and then it auto adds the other dates for the
remainder of the sheets?
Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

Hi

You could download a file I created which allows you to set up a series of
workbooks for each month of the year, with a separate sheet for each day.
You will find the file at Excelusergroup.org

http://excelusergroup.org/media/p/236.aspx

Maybe it will help you, or give you some ideas to modify to suit your own
needs.
--
Regards
Roger Govier

"never" wrote in message
...
Thanks, but I am techie challenged. I don't know what any of that means or
how/where to input that info. I do know how to run a macros but I'm not
familiar with Dim & iCtr and so forth. Can you help me a little more,
please?
Thanks!

"Gord Dibben" wrote:

Run this macro whenever you want to change the incremented dates across
sheets.

Sub Date_Increment()
Dim myDate As Date
Dim iCtr As Long
myDate = InputBox("Enter a date")
For iCtr = 1 To Worksheets.Count
With Worksheets(iCtr).Range("A1")
.Value = myDate - 1 + iCtr
.NumberFormat = "mm-dd-yyyy"
End With
Next iCtr
End Sub


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:48:12 -0700, never

wrote:

Thanks, but the dates are on different worksheets, not the same one.
Monday's
date on worksheet tab 1, Tues on worksheet tab 2, Wed on tab 3 etc... I
would
like to have them self date without having to put date on each sheet
manually. For instance you can add a person's name by grouping the
sheets, so
you only have to type it in once for the whole week. Right now I am
typing in
dates manually, if I use a TODAY() function then it changes each time I
open
the worksheet and the worksheets will be opened multiple times on any
given
date in the future so this is not a useful function for what I would
like to
use. Thanks again for any other ideas.

"Roger Govier" wrote:

Hi

In cell A1 enter your starting date
in A2
=A1+1
Copy down as far as required.

Changing the value in A1, will change all subsequent values

--
Regards
Roger Govier

"never" wrote in message
...
I have worksheets for the week days in the same workbook that I have
to
date
everyday. example: 7/28/08, 7/29/08 etc. the format does not matter
but I
would like it to auto date instead of entering dates manually each
day.
Maybe
if I enter the first date and then it auto adds the other dates for
the
remainder of the sheets?
Any help is appreciated. Thanks.