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Default need help with syntax of a Workbook Event

I wrote a Workbook Event with the following purpose in mind. If a
user opens an existing workbook and makes any changes, the font color
of the altered cell(s) is changed to red.

Private Sub Workbook_SheetChange(ByVal Sh As Object, ByVal Target As
Range)
If Not Application.Intersect(Target, Cells) Is Nothing Then
ActiveCell.Font.ColorIndex = 3
End If
End Sub


My syntax is somehow flawed because it behaves differently depending
on how the "Move Selection After Enter" option is set in
ToolsOptionsEdit.

For example, on my PC, I have that option unchecked so that when I hit
Enter, the cellpointer remains in the current cell. In that scenario,
my Workbook Event works perfectly in that if I make a change to a cell
and hit Enter, that cell's font correctly changes to red.

However, if the "Move Selection After Enter" option is set to Down, my
Workbook Event behaves differently. In that case, it's the font of
the cell where the cellpointer comes to rest that is changed rather
than the cell that was altered. For example, if I make a change to
cell A2 and hit Enter, the cellpointer will go down to A3. However,
instead of cell A2 changing to red, cell A3 is incorrectly changed to
red.

This also occurs if you have the "Move Selection After Enter" option
unchecked but after you make a change to a cell, you hit a movement
key (like the down arrow) rather than Enter.

In other words, it appears the any cellpointer movement is executed
before the Worksheet Event is triggered.

Several employees are using this Workbook Event, and all have
different options set for the Enter key and/or use an arrow key rather
than the Enter key. Getting all of them to change in this regard
would solve this problem but create others and just isn't practical.

If anyone can come up with a cure to this ill-behaving Workbook Event,
I'd appreciate it very much.

Many thanks,
Paul
 
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