Microsoft KB Archive/152293

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 * Microsoft Excel for Windows, versions 5.0, 5.0c
 * Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, versions 5.0, 5.0a
 * Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
 * Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
 * Microsoft Excel 98 Macintosh Edition

SYMPTOMS
When you use a recorded Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro in Microsoft Excel that uses the Replace method on a grouped selection of worksheets, only the active sheet of the group is changed when you play back the macro.

WORKAROUND
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http://www.microsoft.com/support/supportnet/refguide/default.asp The recorded macro contains code similar to the following: Sub RecordedReplace Cells.Replace What:="name1", Replacement:="name2" End Sub You can modify this by using a For Each...Next statement to loop through the worksheets. The following sample macro replaces the text "name1" with "name2" in all worksheets within a workbook.

Sub NewReplace For Each x In Worksheets x.Cells.Replace What:="name1", Replacement:="name2" Next End Sub To replace the text "name1" with "name2" in only Sheet1 and Sheet3, but not in Sheet2 of the workbook, use code similar to the following: Sub NewReplace2 For Each x In Sheets (Array("Sheet1", "Sheet3")) x.Cells.Replace What:="name1", Replacement:="name2" Next End Sub

MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about multiple sheets in group mode, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE-ID: Q126313 TITLE    : Macro Doesn't Function on Multiple Sheets in Group Mode
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Last reviewed: February 3, 1998

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