Copying the active worksheet to another worksheet in the same work

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queenmaam - 25 Mar 2008 19:13 GMT

I am recording a simple macro to insert a new worksheet and copy the content
of the active worksheet to it. Using the macro recorder, it works fine the
first time, but if I try to use the same macro to copy the second sheet (the
one just created) to a third sheet, it still copies from the original (first)
sheet. I can see why that happens, but I'm not sure how to rework the macro
to copy from the active sheet rather than from the original sheet.

The goal is to copy information from one week's sheet to create a sheet for
the next week for the duration of a project.

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Betty H - 25 Mar 2008 19:29 GMT

I find that it is simpler to make an exact copy of the existing worksheet.
To do this make the worksheet you want to copy the active worksheet, hold the
Ctrl button down while you click on the active worksheet tab and drag/drop it
next to it. Then release the Ctrl button. This creates an exact duplicate
of the active worksheet.

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> I am recording a simple macro to insert a new worksheet and copy the content
> of the active worksheet to it. Using the macro recorder, it works fine the
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> The goal is to copy information from one week's sheet to create a sheet for
> the next week for the duration of a project.

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queenmaam - 25 Mar 2008 19:40 GMT

Thanks, Betty. I know I can do it that way, I'm just trying to automate it as
much as I can for others on my team.

> I find that it is simpler to make an exact copy of the existing worksheet.
> To do this make the worksheet you want to copy the active worksheet, hold the
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> > The goal is to copy information from one week's sheet to create a sheet for
> > the next week for the duration of a project.

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ryguy7272 - 25 Mar 2008 19:35 GMT

Either post your code, or use this code (I think this will pretty much do
what you want):
http://www.rondebruin.nl/copy2.htm

Lots of other copy/paste/merge examples here:
http://www.rondebruin.nl/tips.htm

Regards,
Ryan---

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queenmaam - 25 Mar 2008 19:39 GMT

Thanks. I figured it was pretty simple, but I'm very new at macros.

> Either post your code, or use this code (I think this will pretty much do
> what you want):
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> > The goal is to copy information from one week's sheet to create a sheet for
> > the next week for the duration of a project.

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Gord Dibben - 25 Mar 2008 19:56 GMT

I would say that the macro has the original sheet name hard-coded due to the
macro recorder steps.

Change any hard-coded name to Activesheet.

i.e. original code Sheets("Sheet1").cells.copy etc.

Change to ActiveSheet.cells.copy etc.

Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

>I am recording a simple macro to insert a new worksheet and copy the content
>of the active worksheet to it. Using the macro recorder, it works fine the
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
>The goal is to copy information from one week's sheet to create a sheet for
>the next week for the duration of a project.

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