Is there a way to set up a form so that your tabs are setup in sequential
order. The places where users will need to tab to jump around a bit, but I'd
like them to be able to fill out the form following the numberical sequence
of the form's cells. I'd also like the cursor to be in the first cell upon
opening the form and after they have finished filling in the final cell, to
have the tab sequence to start over again.

Susan Spencer

What I did was recorded a macro that selects the cells in the specific order.
Lets say I start in A1, jump down to C40, and then back to A2.

With those cells selected, i type information into A1 and hit enter and then
it jumps down to C40....hit enter again it jumps up to A2.

Will this work?

Sub AutoOpen()
Range("A1,C40,B1").Select
Range("A1").Activate
End Sub

When the file is opened by the user (assuming macro's are enabled) it will
select the cells in sequence and then they can enter their data.

"Susan" wrote:

Is there a way to set up a form so that your tabs are setup in sequential
order. The places where users will need to tab to jump around a bit, but I'd
like them to be able to fill out the form following the numberical sequence
of the form's cells. I'd also like the cursor to be in the first cell upon
opening the form and after they have finished filling in the final cell, to
have the tab sequence to start over again.

Susan Spencer

Jonathan,

I have tried the macro you suggested, but it doesn't seem to work for me.
When I hit enter, it continues to go through the same sequence as always.
Here's my macro.

Sub AutoOpen()
Range("D1,D2,D3,D4,D5,F1,F2,F3,F4,F5,N1").Select
Range("D1").Activate
End Sub

I entered this into Visual Basic through the macros option box.

Susan

"Jonathan Cooper" wrote:

What I did was recorded a macro that selects the cells in the specific order.
Lets say I start in A1, jump down to C40, and then back to A2.

With those cells selected, i type information into A1 and hit enter and then
it jumps down to C40....hit enter again it jumps up to A2.

Will this work?

Sub AutoOpen()
Range("A1,C40,B1").Select
Range("A1").Activate
End Sub

When the file is opened by the user (assuming macro's are enabled) it will
select the cells in sequence and then they can enter their data.

"Susan" wrote:

Is there a way to set up a form so that your tabs are setup in sequential
order. The places where users will need to tab to jump around a bit, but I'd
like them to be able to fill out the form following the numberical sequence
of the form's cells. I'd also like the cursor to be in the first cell upon
opening the form and after they have finished filling in the final cell, to
have the tab sequence to start over again.

Susan Spencer

What happens when you run the macro?

"Susan" wrote:

Jonathan,

I have tried the macro you suggested, but it doesn't seem to work for me.
When I hit enter, it continues to go through the same sequence as always.
Here's my macro.

Sub AutoOpen()
Range("D1,D2,D3,D4,D5,F1,F2,F3,F4,F5,N1").Select
Range("D1").Activate
End Sub

I entered this into Visual Basic through the macros option box.

Susan

"Jonathan Cooper" wrote:

What I did was recorded a macro that selects the cells in the specific order.
Lets say I start in A1, jump down to C40, and then back to A2.

With those cells selected, i type information into A1 and hit enter and then
it jumps down to C40....hit enter again it jumps up to A2.

Will this work?

Sub AutoOpen()
Range("A1,C40,B1").Select
Range("A1").Activate
End Sub

When the file is opened by the user (assuming macro's are enabled) it will
select the cells in sequence and then they can enter their data.

"Susan" wrote:

Is there a way to set up a form so that your tabs are setup in sequential
order. The places where users will need to tab to jump around a bit, but I'd
like them to be able to fill out the form following the numberical sequence
of the form's cells. I'd also like the cursor to be in the first cell upon
opening the form and after they have finished filling in the final cell, to
have the tab sequence to start over again.

Susan Spencer

When I run the macro, the cells I choose are selected. It lets me begin
entering data into the first selected cell (D1), but after I enter info into
F5 and enter, it jumps to F9, instead of N1. The cell F9 would be the next
unprotected cell after F5.

Susan

"Jonathan Cooper" wrote:

What happens when you run the macro?

"Susan" wrote:

Jonathan,

I have tried the macro you suggested, but it doesn't seem to work for me.
When I hit enter, it continues to go through the same sequence as always.
Here's my macro.

Sub AutoOpen()
Range("D1,D2,D3,D4,D5,F1,F2,F3,F4,F5,N1").Select
Range("D1").Activate
End Sub

I entered this into Visual Basic through the macros option box.

Susan

"Jonathan Cooper" wrote:

What I did was recorded a macro that selects the cells in the specific order.
Lets say I start in A1, jump down to C40, and then back to A2.

With those cells selected, i type information into A1 and hit enter and then
it jumps down to C40....hit enter again it jumps up to A2.

Will this work?

Sub AutoOpen()
Range("A1,C40,B1").Select
Range("A1").Activate
End Sub

When the file is opened by the user (assuming macro's are enabled) it will
select the cells in sequence and then they can enter their data.

"Susan" wrote:

Is there a way to set up a form so that your tabs are setup in sequential
order. The places where users will need to tab to jump around a bit, but I'd
like them to be able to fill out the form following the numberical sequence
of the form's cells. I'd also like the cursor to be in the first cell upon
opening the form and after they have finished filling in the final cell, to
have the tab sequence to start over again.

Susan Spencer

I ran your macro on my machine. Starting in D1, when I hit ENTER, I get the
following sequence.

D2,D3,D4,D5,F1,F2,F3,F4,F5,N1

and if I hit enter again, it goes back to D1.

Shouldn't go to F9 at all.

"Susan" wrote:

When I run the macro, the cells I choose are selected. It lets me begin
entering data into the first selected cell (D1), but after I enter info into
F5 and enter, it jumps to F9, instead of N1. The cell F9 would be the next
unprotected cell after F5.

Susan

"Jonathan Cooper" wrote:

What happens when you run the macro?

"Susan" wrote:

Jonathan,

I have tried the macro you suggested, but it doesn't seem to work for me.
When I hit enter, it continues to go through the same sequence as always.
Here's my macro.

Sub AutoOpen()
Range("D1,D2,D3,D4,D5,F1,F2,F3,F4,F5,N1").Select
Range("D1").Activate
End Sub

I entered this into Visual Basic through the macros option box.

Susan

"Jonathan Cooper" wrote:

What I did was recorded a macro that selects the cells in the specific order.
Lets say I start in A1, jump down to C40, and then back to A2.

With those cells selected, i type information into A1 and hit enter and then
it jumps down to C40....hit enter again it jumps up to A2.

Will this work?

Sub AutoOpen()
Range("A1,C40,B1").Select
Range("A1").Activate
End Sub

When the file is opened by the user (assuming macro's are enabled) it will
select the cells in sequence and then they can enter their data.

"Susan" wrote:

Is there a way to set up a form so that your tabs are setup in sequential
order. The places where users will need to tab to jump around a bit, but I'd
like them to be able to fill out the form following the numberical sequence
of the form's cells. I'd also like the cursor to be in the first cell upon
opening the form and after they have finished filling in the final cell, to
have the tab sequence to start over again.

Susan Spencer