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Assigning a Macro to a Keyboard Combination
Hiding Rows Based on a Cell Value
Steve is looking for a way to determine, in a VBA macro, the number of pages that a worksheet will have, when printed, and the page number on which a particular cell will print. This task is not quite as easy as one would hope, but it can be done.
It seems that the best way to handle this is to use an outmoded (but still available) Excel 4 function to determine the number of total printed pages in a worksheet. Then you can use the HPageBreaks and VPageBreaks collections to figure out where the cell falls in the matrix of pages that will be printed. The following is an example of a macro that utilizes these items:
Sub PageInfo()
Dim iPages As Integer
Dim iCol As Integer
Dim iCols As Integer
Dim lRows As Long
Dim lRow As Long
Dim x As Long
Dim y As Long
Dim iPage As Integer
iPages = ExecuteExcel4Macro("Get.Document(50)")
With ActiveSheet
y = ActiveCell.Column
iCols = .VPageBreaks.Count
x = 0
Do
x = x + 1
Loop Until x = iCols _
Or y < .VPageBreaks(x).Location.Column
iCol = x
If y >= .VPageBreaks(x).Location.Column Then
iCol = iCol + 1
End If
y = ActiveCell.Row
lRows = .HPageBreaks.Count
x = 0
Do
x = x + 1
Loop Until x = lRows _
Or y < .HPageBreaks(x).Location.Row
lRow = x
If y >= .HPageBreaks(x).Location.Row Then
lRow = lRow + 1
End If
If .PageSetup.Order = xlDownThenOver Then
iPage = (iCol - 1) * (lRows + 1) + lRow
Else
iPage = (lRow - 1) * (iCols + 1) + iCol
End If
End With
MsgBox "Cell " & ActiveCell.Address & _
" is on " & vbCrLf & "Page " & _
iPage & " of " & iPages & " pages"
End Sub
One thing that you should keep in mind with this macro is that the HPageBreaks and VPageBreaks collections are only considered accurate if you are viewing the worksheet in Page Break Preview (View | Page Break Preview). Thus, you'll want to make sure that you are in that mode before selecting a cell and running the macro.
ExcelTips is your source for cost-effective Microsoft Excel training. This tip (3135) applies to Microsoft Excel versions: 97 2000 2002 2003
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