My first post here, so apologise if I have posted in the wrong Group.

In Architecture, we use drawing issue sheets and drawing registers, initially
created using tables in Word. This is cumbersome, and not user friendly. I am
currently updating this and moving this across to Excel.

Very basically, I have a sheet with dates and recipients across the top, and
drawing names and numbers down the left. These areas are then printed on
every sheet. When we issue a new drawing, we enter it's revision number into
the table 'between, these two, where the row for the drawing number and the
column for the date and recipient meet. The register continuously expands
horizontally (extra dates added) and vertically (extra drawings added).

However, where we are sitting with only 4 pages in Word, the Excel equivalent
amounts to nine printed pages, even though we manage to squeeze more
information on a page. This is the natural outcome to using a continuous
table, but not ideal.

I would like to know the following:

- Is it possible to create a second worksheet that automatically fills cells
with info from the first worksheet (the register above), when a drawing is
selected in the register for issuing to a recipient. HOW IT WORKS: The user
selects the drawing to be issued, by placing a cross in a particular cell.
This is registered in the second worksheet, and the information related to
that drawing is then duplicated in the second worksheet in the form of a list
(which will include info from 5 separate cells)

- The pages will print from left to right. At some point, we may have a page
full of dates and lists of drawings, but no actual revisions in the table...
Is there a way to set up a worksheet so that it doesn't print any pages that
don't contain text within the table itself (or within a defined area) Eg...
the table is three pages across, and three pages down. when printing it'll
print from left to right, move to the second row, print L to R, and the same
for the third page. In this example, there are no revisions in the middle
(Page 5) or last (Page 9) pages, yet these will be printed, and in my number
of pages, I will see page 5 of 9, and page 9 of 9. I would like to have these
excluded if possible, and the page number references to exclude pages with
empty tables.

I am also open to other suggestions on creating tables spanning across
multiple pages, which are print efficient.

There is one drawback - my knowledge in using Excel is minimal, and I very
seldom move beyond the basic calculations.

TIA

David