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Hi All-

I am successfully using the below macro to define print area. The
number of rows remains constant but the columns vary depending on the
number of tests a person performs. The macro therefore will select and
print the columns that are headed in row A. The row A headers are
linked to other cells in the workbook that define a date.

Range("A1:Z51").Select
ActiveSheet.PageSetup.PrintArea = "A1:OFFSET(A1,50,COUNTA
(A1:Z1)-1)"

this however relies on the cells in row A that are not wanted to be
printed to be blank. I now want to fully automate the wookbook and the
problem I have is now the cells in row A are linked to another cell
(T4 in this instance) that calculates a date, so there is always text
in the row A column headers. I have tried to use the following =IF
(T2,T4,"") (where T2 is date of birth and T4 is calculated age) to
make the cells in Row A appear blank if there is not date of birth
present. However the COUNTA function obviously works on cells being
totally blank (i.e. not containing formulas) so no longer serves the
purpose.


Has anyone got any ideas on how to alter the PrintArea macro to set
based on whether a cell is displayign a value?

Thanks (as always) for any help offered

Best Wishes

Paul

p.s. apologies if this question appears twice. I thought I posted it
before but can't find it anywhere!!!!
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Check your other post.

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Hi All-

I am successfully using the below macro to define print area. The
number of rows remains constant but the columns vary depending on the
number of tests a person performs. The macro therefore will select and
print the columns that are headed in row A. The row A headers are
linked to other cells in the workbook that define a date.

Range("A1:Z51").Select
ActiveSheet.PageSetup.PrintArea = "A1:OFFSET(A1,50,COUNTA
(A1:Z1)-1)"

this however relies on the cells in row A that are not wanted to be
printed to be blank. I now want to fully automate the wookbook and the
problem I have is now the cells in row A are linked to another cell
(T4 in this instance) that calculates a date, so there is always text
in the row A column headers. I have tried to use the following =IF
(T2,T4,"") (where T2 is date of birth and T4 is calculated age) to
make the cells in Row A appear blank if there is not date of birth
present. However the COUNTA function obviously works on cells being
totally blank (i.e. not containing formulas) so no longer serves the
purpose.

Has anyone got any ideas on how to alter the PrintArea macro to set
based on whether a cell is displayign a value?

Thanks (as always) for any help offered

Best Wishes

Paul

p.s. apologies if this question appears twice. I thought I posted it
before but can't find it anywhere!!!!


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