Please Note: This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Excel versions: 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003. If you are using a later version (Excel 2007 or later), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for later versions of Excel, click here: Jumping to the Start of the Next Data Entry Row.
Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated December 21, 2020)
This tip applies to Excel 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003
Do you need to always jump to the first cell right after all the data you've already put in your worksheet? For instance, if you have a worksheet that contains data in A1:G251, do you ever need to jump to cell A252 so that you can start entering data?
Moving to the first cell in row 252 is easy, provided there is data in all the cells in A1:A251. But if there can be empty cells in column A, then jumping to A252 can be a bit more difficult. In that case, you might be interested in a macro that makes jumping to the first cell of the empty row after your data quite easy:
Please Note:
This article is written for users of the following Microsoft Excel versions: 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003. If you are using a later version (Excel 2007 or later), this tip may not work for you. For a version of this tip written specifically for later versions of Excel, click here:
Sub FindFirstCellNextRow()
Dim x As Integer
x = ActiveSheet.UsedRange.Rows.Count
ActiveCell.SpecialCells(xlLastCell).Select
ActiveCell.EntireRow.Cells(1, 1).Offset(1, 0).Activate
End Sub
The first two lines effectively recompute the "last cell" in the worksheet and then the next two lines select that cell and jump to the cell in column A that is one row down.
Assign the macro to a keyboard shortcut, and you'll always be just one keystroke away from jumping to the first truly empty row in the worksheet.
Note:
ExcelTips is your source for cost-effective Microsoft Excel training. This tip (2407) applies to Microsoft Excel 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003. You can find a version of this tip for the ribbon interface of Excel (Excel 2007 and later) here: Jumping to the Start of the Next Data Entry Row.
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2017-07-10 03:32:30
Wijnand
This can also be done in three keystrokes:
Control-End ---to go to the lower right corner of your data
Home ---to to to the leftest column
Cursor down ---to go to the next line.
2016-07-11 11:45:23
somaiyeh parvin
Hello,
I am trying to bulid VBA code in acsess forms that when i am pressing import data by specifying particular data, i want to design my code in a way that instead of one date acces give me previous date and current date at the same time excluding weekends. How can i bulit this code? Thanks
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