Microsoft KB Archive/291305

= Sample macro to insert/delete rows or columns on multiple sheets in Excel =

Article ID: 291305

Article Last Modified on 1/31/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Excel 2007
 * Microsoft Office Excel 2003
 * Microsoft Excel 2002 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q291305





For a Microsoft Excel 2000 version of this article, see 213631.



For a Microsoft Excel 98 and earlier versions of Excel version of this article, see 141690.



SUMMARY
This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) that you can use to insert or delete rows or columns in multiple worksheets in Microsoft Excel.



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To insert or delete rows or columns on multiple sheets, either use a For Each...Next statement to loop through all the required sheets or select the rows or columns before you perform the insertion or deletion.

NOTE: The following sample macros work only on a contiguous range of columns or rows.

Sample macro using a loop to insert rows in multiple sheets
Sub Insert_Rows_Loop Dim CurrentSheet As Object

' Loop through all selected sheets. For Each CurrentSheet In ActiveWindow.SelectedSheets ' Insert 5 rows at top of each sheet. CurrentSheet.Range(&quot;a1:a5&quot;).EntireRow.Insert Next CurrentSheet End Sub

Sample macro to select column and insert new column
The following sample macro selects the entire column before it inserts new columns: Sub Select_Insert_Column Dim MyRange as Object ' Store the selected range in a variable. Set MyRange = Selection ' Select the entire column. Selection.EntireColumn.Select ' Insert Columns in all selected sheets. Selection.Insert ' Reselect the previously selected cells. MyRange.Select End Sub

