Hi Tim:

A wild guess, but possibly a single column is internally defined to be
one-dimensional, causing a conflict with the double index.

?Range("B2:X5").Columns(1).Address
$B$2:$B$5
?Range("B2:B5")(1).Address
$B$2

However:

?Range("B2:X5").Columns(1)(1).Address
$B$2:$B$5

It seems that once you define a range explicitly as a column, the unit
becomes the column and not a cell within the column. I'm not expressing the
concept very well, but I'm sure you get the gist.

Regards,

Vasant.

"Tim Zych" wrote in message
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Anybody know why this doesn't work?

Dim rng As Range
Set rng = Range("B2:X5").Columns(1)
Debug.Print rng.Address '<- this works
Debug.Print rng(1, 1).Address '<-this doesn't

Yes, rng.cells(1,1) does work. What's up with this?

XL2000, Win2000