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Saving one sheet within a workbook
Is it possible to save one sheet tht is contained within a workbook of 50+
sheets? Since I have to attach the saved sheet to a record in another application it will save almost 2MB of space. If, however, I have to re-open the newly saved workbook to make changes I will need it to be "re-inserted" into the master workbook in order for the multiple lookups to work. I have tried to use 2 workbooks to facilitate the lookups and that is working - until I have to reload a saved workbook, because it has a name that is not recognized by the lookup workbook. I do not like links (maybe because I am not as familiar with them as I should be) and would like to have a way for the lookup workbook to automatically recognize the main workbook - regardless of its name. |
Hi David,
If you right click on the sheet tab and select Move or Copy then click for make a copy you create a new workbook containing only that sheet. Since you made a copy the original workbook is intact. You can continue to make changes in the original and overwrite the copied sheet when you save HTH "David Vollmer" wrote: Is it possible to save one sheet tht is contained within a workbook of 50+ sheets? Since I have to attach the saved sheet to a record in another application it will save almost 2MB of space. If, however, I have to re-open the newly saved workbook to make changes I will need it to be "re-inserted" into the master workbook in order for the multiple lookups to work. I have tried to use 2 workbooks to facilitate the lookups and that is working - until I have to reload a saved workbook, because it has a name that is not recognized by the lookup workbook. I do not like links (maybe because I am not as familiar with them as I should be) and would like to have a way for the lookup workbook to automatically recognize the main workbook - regardless of its name. |
Thank you, Ray. That worked fine. I do have a question about later opening
that copied sheet if I need to make changes. If I create a new sheet in the master workbook and copy the previously saved sheet into it I don't know if the lookups will work. I will have to combine both workbooks (the master and the lookup) first and see what happens. If that works I will need to automate the process of creating a new workbook and then if it is reopened for editing, automating the process of inserting it back into the master workbook. There are 8 of us who will be using this process. Any additional suggestions will be appreciated. Thank you, David "Ray A" wrote: Hi David, If you right click on the sheet tab and select Move or Copy then click for make a copy you create a new workbook containing only that sheet. Since you made a copy the original workbook is intact. You can continue to make changes in the original and overwrite the copied sheet when you save HTH "David Vollmer" wrote: Is it possible to save one sheet tht is contained within a workbook of 50+ sheets? Since I have to attach the saved sheet to a record in another application it will save almost 2MB of space. If, however, I have to re-open the newly saved workbook to make changes I will need it to be "re-inserted" into the master workbook in order for the multiple lookups to work. I have tried to use 2 workbooks to facilitate the lookups and that is working - until I have to reload a saved workbook, because it has a name that is not recognized by the lookup workbook. I do not like links (maybe because I am not as familiar with them as I should be) and would like to have a way for the lookup workbook to automatically recognize the main workbook - regardless of its name. |
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