I have 2 columns. in column A I will enter a name. in column b I will enter a
number from 1 to 10. The names are not entered in the order 1 to 10 but
randomly. Example I can enter number 5 then 2 then 9 then 1 and so on. How
can I track the order in whick I names are entered. Can I do this on a
different column rather than tracking changes.
--
Radha

Copy the code below and put it into the worksheet's code module. To do that,
right-click on the worksheet's name tab and choose [View Code] from the popup
list that appears. Then copy the code below and paste it into the module.
You can now close the VB Editor (the window that opened with the code module
in it). Save your workbook.

When you type anything into column A, it will appear in column C along with
the row number where you made the entry into column A. That may help you if
you have duplicate names or change an existing entry later. If you [del] a
name in column A, it remains in column C.

Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
Dim nextRow As Long
If Target.Column < Range("A1").Column Then
Exit Sub ' not a name change
End If
If Not IsEmpty(Target) And Target.Cells.Count = 1 Then
'only works when just 1 cell selected/changed
'keep list of sequence of names entered in column C
'can be any unused column, just change C as needed
nextRow = Range("C" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row + 1
'put the new entry into column C at bottom of list and
'show the row number the name was entered into with it
Range("C" & nextRow) = Target.Value & " [" & Target.Row & "]"
End If
End Sub


"Radha" wrote:

I have 2 columns. in column A I will enter a name. in column b I will enter a
number from 1 to 10. The names are not entered in the order 1 to 10 but
randomly. Example I can enter number 5 then 2 then 9 then 1 and so on. How
can I track the order in whick I names are entered. Can I do this on a
different column rather than tracking changes.
--
Radha

Hi,

Press the Crtl key and select each cell in the order you want to enter the
cell value. You will notice that each time you select a cell a blue hight is
visible.

To verify that the selection is per your order, just press the enter key,
you will notice the cell selection in moving the order of your selection.

Important: Enter all values one time, by pressing the Enter key each time.
Otherwise you will have to select all the cells aging by pressing the Ctrl
key.

Challa Prabhu

"Radha" wrote:

I have 2 columns. in column A I will enter a name. in column b I will enter a
number from 1 to 10. The names are not entered in the order 1 to 10 but
randomly. Example I can enter number 5 then 2 then 9 then 1 and so on. How
can I track the order in whick I names are entered. Can I do this on a
different column rather than tracking changes.
--
Radha