Select OR Activate ? Which when and Why?

i have never been able to work out when i should select and when i
should activate when using vba - does anyone have a good explanation?

Select can be multiple cells, but only one is active.

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HTH

Bob Phillips

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"Buffyslay" wrote in message
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Select OR Activate ? Which when and Why?

i have never been able to work out when i should select and when i
should activate when using vba - does anyone have a good explanation?

I suggest searching this newsgroup for "select versus activate" or
"select vs activate".

Merjet

Sub a()
Range("A1:C5").Select
Range("B2").Activate
End Sub


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Jim
"Buffyslay" wrote in message
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| Select OR Activate ? Which when and Why?
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| i have never been able to work out when i should select and when i
| should activate when using vba - does anyone have a good explanation?
|

Usually not necessary or desirable

range("a2:a33").copy range("b3")

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Don Guillett
SalesAid Software

"Buffyslay" wrote in message
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Select OR Activate ? Which when and Why?

i have never been able to work out when i should select and when i
should activate when using vba - does anyone have a good explanation?

A Selection may contain one or more cells. Activate makes exactly one of
those cells active. E.g,


Sub AA()
Range("A1:A10").Select
MsgBox "Note the ActiveCell: (A1)"
Range("A5").Activate
MsgBox "Note the ActiveCell: (A5)"
End Sub


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Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com
(email address is on the web site)

"Buffyslay" wrote in message
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Select OR Activate ? Which when and Why?

i have never been able to work out when i should select and when i
should activate when using vba - does anyone have a good explanation?