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insert Rows with Formulas in Place on Multiple Sheets?
Hey everyone:
I have a workbook with 8 sheets. Cells A1:A400 need to be identical on each sheet. On sheets 2 through 8, I use =Sheet 1!AX (where X is the row number) to pick up the info from the corresponding cell on Sheet 1 so I only need to enter changes once. I sometimes need to add rows. However, the cells in column A still need to correspond across sheets. On Sheet 1, I select the place where a row needs to insert and then select all sheets so that the row I insert goes in on all sheets. The problem is, the new row is blank, and on sheets 2 through 8 I have to do an autofill from the row above to get the pick-up formula into the new row. This is easy, I know, but is there a way to get the row inserted on sheets 2-8 to have the =Sheet 1!AX formula already in place? There have been many instances where users forget to do the autofill or do it incorrectly (!), with the result that things get out of sync in the workbook. Besides, we often have workbooks with many more sheets, so that even doing autofill on each sheet can be slow. Please please please help! Is there maybe a macro that will do this? (I can always hook it up to a button on sheet 1 so users can just click it and go.) M. Link |
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One way which might suffice ..
Group Sheets 2 - 8, then in Sheet2, put in A1: =OFFSET(Sheet1!$A$1,ROW()-1,) and copy A1 to say, A450*, to cover the max expected extent in the "master" Sheet1 Ungroup Sheets 2 - 8 *an additional 50 rows buffer A1:A450 in Sheets 2 to 8 will always point to A1:A450 in Sheet1 This will cater for new row insertions which may be made within Sheet1's "original" rows 1 - 400 -- Max Singapore http://savefile.com/projects/236895 xdemechanik --- "Michael Link" wrote in message ... Hey everyone: I have a workbook with 8 sheets. Cells A1:A400 need to be identical on each sheet. On sheets 2 through 8, I use ='Sheet 1'!AX (where X is the row number) to pick up the info from the corresponding cell on Sheet 1 so I only need to enter changes once. I sometimes need to add rows. However, the cells in column A still need to correspond across sheets. On Sheet 1, I select the place where a row needs to insert and then select all sheets so that the row I insert goes in on all sheets. The problem is, the new row is blank, and on sheets 2 through 8 I have to do an autofill from the row above to get the "pick-up" formula into the new row. This is easy, I know, but is there a way to get the row inserted on sheets 2-8 to have the ='Sheet 1'!AX formula already in place? There have been many instances where users forget to do the autofill or do it incorrectly (!), with the result that things get out of sync in the workbook. Besides, we often have workbooks with many more sheets, so that even doing autofill on each sheet can be slow. Please please please help! Is there maybe a macro that will do this? (I can always hook it up to a button on sheet 1 so users can just click it and go.) M. Link |
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insert Rows with Formulas in Place on Multiple Sheets?
Thanks for the fast reply!
Actually, the rows in the master sheet that i want to 'carry over" are A8:A400. (I forgot that I have a number of hidden rows at the top that don't figure in what I need to do.) I've tried modifying the formula you so nicely gave me like this: =OFFSET(Sheet1!$A$8,ROW()-1,) But it just returns a zero value. Am I missing something? I'm not familiar with OFFSET, so I'm not sure how else to modify it, and the discussion of the syntax in the help box is kind of confusing. "Michael Link" wrote: Hey everyone: I have a workbook with 8 sheets. Cells A1:A400 need to be identical on each sheet. On sheets 2 through 8, I use =Sheet 1!AX (where X is the row number) to pick up the info from the corresponding cell on Sheet 1 so I only need to enter changes once. I sometimes need to add rows. However, the cells in column A still need to correspond across sheets. On Sheet 1, I select the place where a row needs to insert and then select all sheets so that the row I insert goes in on all sheets. The problem is, the new row is blank, and on sheets 2 through 8 I have to do an autofill from the row above to get the pick-up formula into the new row. This is easy, I know, but is there a way to get the row inserted on sheets 2-8 to have the =Sheet 1!AX formula already in place? There have been many instances where users forget to do the autofill or do it incorrectly (!), with the result that things get out of sync in the workbook. Besides, we often have workbooks with many more sheets, so that even doing autofill on each sheet can be slow. Please please please help! Is there maybe a macro that will do this? (I can always hook it up to a button on sheet 1 so users can just click it and go.) M. Link |
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insert Rows with Formulas in Place on Multiple Sheets?
=OFFSET(Sheet1!$A$8,ROW()-1,)
The amendment looks ok to me. I presume the above is entered into cell A1 in Sheets 2 - 8, and copied down to A450 as per suggested steps earlier, with sheets grouped? (The formulas are sensitive to the cells they are in) If the starting cell is *not* cell A1 in Sheets 2 - 8, put instead this slight revision in the starting cell: =OFFSET(Sheet1!$A$8,ROWS($A$1:A1)-1,) and then copy down by 450 rows as before, with sheets grouped Ensure also that calc mode is set to auto. Check via clicking: Tools Options Calc tab Auto OK -- Max Singapore http://savefile.com/projects/236895 xdemechanik --- "Michael Link" wrote in message ... Thanks for the fast reply! Actually, the rows in the master sheet that i want to 'carry over" are A8:A400. (I forgot that I have a number of hidden rows at the top that don't figure in what I need to do.) I've tried modifying the formula you so nicely gave me like this: =OFFSET(Sheet1!$A$8,ROW()-1,) But it just returns a zero value. Am I missing something? I'm not familiar with OFFSET, so I'm not sure how else to modify it, and the discussion of the syntax in the help box is kind of confusing. |
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Thanks again for the response. I must be pretty dense, though, because when
rows insert across all of the grouped sheets, they continue to have no formulas in them, and hence don't carry the stuff from the "master sheet" forward. Your revision of the formula does carry info forward iin existing rows, and that's great, but inserted rows on subsequent sheets are still goiing in totally blank (with no formulas). Hmm. I'm beginning to think it might just be easier to continue to be the point person for all revisions to this thing. If I make it look mystical enough they'll never fire me because no one else will know how to do it. Job seciurity. "Max" wrote: =OFFSET(Sheet1!$A$8,ROW()-1,) The amendment looks ok to me. I presume the above is entered into cell A1 in Sheets 2 - 8, and copied down to A450 as per suggested steps earlier, with sheets grouped? (The formulas are sensitive to the cells they are in) If the starting cell is *not* cell A1 in Sheets 2 - 8, put instead this slight revision in the starting cell: =OFFSET(Sheet1!$A$8,ROWS($A$1:A1)-1,) and then copy down by 450 rows as before, with sheets grouped Ensure also that calc mode is set to auto. Check via clicking: Tools Options Calc tab Auto OK -- Max Singapore http://savefile.com/projects/236895 xdemechanik --- "Michael Link" wrote in message ... Thanks for the fast reply! Actually, the rows in the master sheet that i want to 'carry over" are A8:A400. (I forgot that I have a number of hidden rows at the top that don't figure in what I need to do.) I've tried modifying the formula you so nicely gave me like this: =OFFSET(Sheet1!$A$8,ROW()-1,) But it just returns a zero value. Am I missing something? I'm not familiar with OFFSET, so I'm not sure how else to modify it, and the discussion of the syntax in the help box is kind of confusing. |
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insert Rows with Formulas in Place on Multiple Sheets?
My fault, sorry. Think I missed this bit about
.. rows insert across all of the grouped sheets earlier in your original post (I had interp'd/read it wrongly that the row insertions were going to be made on just Sheet1) perhaps you might want to browse this response to a similar query: http://tinyurl.com/mt3pp (the 2 "barebones" subs InsertRow and DeleteRow seem to work ok for the OP over there, going by his reply <g) -- Max Singapore http://savefile.com/projects/236895 xdemechanik --- "Michael Link" wrote in message ... Thanks again for the response. I must be pretty dense, though, because when rows insert across all of the grouped sheets, they continue to have no formulas in them, and hence don't carry the stuff from the "master sheet" forward. Your revision of the formula does carry info forward iin existing rows, and that's great, but inserted rows on subsequent sheets are still goiing in totally blank (with no formulas). Hmm. I'm beginning to think it might just be easier to continue to be the point person for all revisions to this thing. If I make it look mystical enough they'll never fire me because no one else will know how to do it. Job seciurity. |
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