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Excel
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Cell Select / Unselect
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Ease of Use
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Easy
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Version tested with
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2000
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Submitted by:
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lucas
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Description:
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Allows you to unselect or deselect a cell within a group of selected cells.
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Discussion:
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Once a number of cells have been selected using the Shift and Control keys, Excel does not allow you remove a cell from that selection. This macro makes it possible to deselect any one of the selected cells from the group selection. I don't remember where I came across this but it has been very useful. I use it in my personal.xls so that it is available in all workbooks and runs from a custom button.
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Code:
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instructions for use
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Sub UnSelectActiveCell()
Dim Rng As Range
Dim FullRange As Range
If Selection.Cells.Count > 1 Then
For Each Rng In Selection.Cells
If Rng.Address <> ActiveCell.Address Then
If FullRange Is Nothing Then
Set FullRange = Rng
Else
Set FullRange = Application.Union(FullRange, Rng)
End If
End If
Next Rng
If FullRange.Cells.Count > 0 Then
FullRange.Select
End If
End If
End Sub
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How to use:
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- Open the Visual basic editor by clicking on Tools-Macro-Visual basic Editor or by holding down the ALT key and pressing F11.
- Go to Insert on the menu and click on add new module
- Paste the code in the module window at right.
- Close the Visual Basic Editor to get back to Excel; save if desired.
- Go to tools-Macro-Macros and double-click UnSelectActiveCell.
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Test the code:
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- To use the procedure, select a bunch of cells, and with the CTRL key still down, make A4 (or whatever cell you want to remove) the ActiveCell.
- Then let up on the CTRL key and run the macro UnSelectActiveCell. This leaves all the cells other than the ActiveCell selected.
- Now, hold the CTRL key down and continue selecting cells.
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Sample File:
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unselect_one_cell.zip 7.35KB
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Approved by mdmackillop
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